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<topic id="textsharedguidefind_attributesxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Searching for Attributes</title>
<filename>/text/shared/guide/find_attributes.xhp</filename>
</topic>
<history>
<created date="2004-09-03T09:48:11">UFI: Attributes dialog of Find and Replace dialog</created>
<lastedited date="2006-04-12T10:20:25">checked - yj</lastedited>
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<case select="WRITER">
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5681020"><bookmark_value>fonts;finding</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>font attributes;finding</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>text attributes;finding</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>attributes; finding</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>finding; attributes</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>resetting;Find &amp; Replace mode</bookmark_value>
</bookmark>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10663" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="find_attributes"><link href="text/shared/guide/find_attributes.xhp">Searching for Attributes</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10681" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can search for text with attributes that are applied either by direct formatting or by styles. For example, if you search for the <emph>Font</emph> attribute, all instances of text that do not use the default font are found. All text that has a directly coded font attribute, and all text where a style switches the font attribute, are found.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="tip" id="par_idN10688" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you want to find text with any font by name, click the <emph>Format</emph> button in the <link href="text/shared/01/02100000.xhp">Find &amp; Replace</link> dialog of %PRODUCTNAME Writer.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="note" id="par_idN1069D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">After you select the attributes that you want to search for, the <emph>Search for Styles</emph> box in the <emph>Options </emph>area of the %PRODUCTNAME Writer <emph>Find &amp; Replace </emph>dialog changes to <emph>Including Styles</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="note" id="par_idN106B0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you want to search for text in which attributes were set by using direct formatting and styles, select the <emph>Including Styles</emph> box.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="note" id="par_idN106B7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The search criteria for attributes are listed below the <emph>Search for</emph> box.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN106BE" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To search for all font changes</paragraph>
<list type="ordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106C5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Edit - Find &amp; Replace</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106CD" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Clear the <emph>Search for</emph> text box if necessary.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106D5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Attributes</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106DD" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Attributes</emph> dialog, select the <emph>Font</emph> check box, and click OK.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106E8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Find &amp; Replace</emph> dialog, you now can read "Font" below the <emph>Search for</emph> text box.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106F4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Find</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106FB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">All places where a font change was applied, either directly or by assigning an appropriate style, are found.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN106FE" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To reset the Find &amp; Replace mode</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10702" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To stop searching for the current attributes, reset the <emph>Find &amp; Replace</emph> dialog to normal mode.</paragraph>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1070C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>No Format</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<section id="relatedtopics">
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1071E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/01/02100000.xhp">Find &amp; Replace</link> dialog</paragraph>
</section>
</case>
<default>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6837672" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Searching for attributes is available in the Find &amp; Replace dialog for text documents.</paragraph>
</default>
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