True to match words beginning with the search string. English, for example) that you have selected or installed. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. True if find operations match text with matching bidirectional control characters in a right-to-left language document. True if find operations match text with matching alef hamzas in an Arabic-language document. True if find operations match text with matching diacritics in a right-to-left language document. True if find operations match text with matching kashidas in an Arabic-language document. Specifies how many replacements are to be made: one, all, or none. To specify a graphic object or other nontext item as the replacement, move the item to the Clipboard and specify "^c" for ReplaceWith. You specify special characters and advanced search criteria just as you do for the Find argument. To delete the text specified by the Find argument, use an empty string (""). True to have the find operation locate formatting in addition to, or instead of, the find text. This argument also controls what happens if there is a selection or range and the search text is not found in the selection or range. True to search forward (toward the end of the document).Ĭontrols what happens if the search begins at a point other than the beginning of the document and the end of the document is reached (or vice versa if Forward is set to False). Corresponds to the Find all word forms check box in the Find and Replace dialog box. True to have the find operation locate all forms of the find text (for example, "sit" locates "sitting" and "sat").
Corresponds to the Sounds like check box in the Find and Replace dialog box. True to have the find operation locate words that sound similar to the find text. Corresponds to the Use wildcards check box in the Find and Replace dialog box. True to have the find text be a special search operator. Corresponds to the Find whole words only check box in the Find and Replace dialog box. True to have the find operation locate only entire words, not text that is part of a larger word.
Corresponds to the Match case check box in the Find and Replace dialog box ( Edit menu). True to specify that the find text be case-sensitive. For example, "^p" corresponds to a paragraph mark and "^t" corresponds to a tab character. You can search for special characters by specifying appropriate character codes. Use an empty string ("") to search for formatting only. A variable that represents a Find object. Execute ( FindText, MatchCase, MatchWholeWord, MatchWildcards, MatchSoundsLike, MatchAllWordForms, Forward, Wrap, Format, ReplaceWith, Replace, MatchKashida, MatchDiacritics, MatchAlefHamza, MatchControl)Įxpression Required. Returns True if the find operation is successful.