1 Reply Latest reply: Nov 14, 2013 12:11 PM by maeric RSS

    How can I find a text box with a specific word in it ?

    Envirographics Community Member

      Hi,

       

      I have hundreds of settlement names on a map created with the text tool. How can I search on the name of one of them and find it on my map ?

       

      I am with FH9 but the method would no doubt be backwards compatible from MX. If it isnt I would launch MX just for this exercise.

       

      Would this also work if the word was part of a text box text ?

       

      I have the luxury of it being the entire text box !

       

      Cheers

       

      Envirographics

        • 1. Re: How can I find a text box with a specific word in it ?
          maeric Community Member

          If you have one large text box to search for the word, select it, then go to EDIT>FIND & REPLACE>TEXT...

           

          Type in your word and click FIND NEXT button.  If you have multiple occurances of the name, keep clicking the FIND NEXT button until the word hilites.

           

          If you have scattered text boxes on your map, don't select any of them but still go through the EDIT>FIND & REPLACE>TEXT... routine I mentioned. FreeHand will look through all text boxes to find your word.

           

          Oh yeah, this works the same in FreeHand 8 thru FHMX.