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# Find & Replace

Finds or replaces text or formats in the current document.

Ajaja kana bira gahuuf...

Choose Edit - Find & Replace.

Command Ctrl+H

On the Standard bar, click

Find & Replace

## Find

Enter the text that you want to find, or select a previous search from the list.

Search options are listed under the Find box and in the Other options area of the dialog.

### Match case

Matches the exact character provided in the Find box without considering any alternative case matches.

Disable this option to consider all possible case matches. For example, entering "a" in the Find box matches both "a" and "A".

Beware that some characters may have more than one match when Match case is disabled. For instance, "s" matches "s", "S" and "ß" (sharp S used in the German language).

### Formatted display

Includes number formatting characters in the search.

### Entire Cells Whole words only

Searches for whole words or cells that are identical to the search text.

### All sheets

Searches through all of the sheets in the current spreadsheet file.

## Replace

Barruu bakka buufamaa, ykn barruu dhihoo bakka buufamu fili ykn haalata tarree irra galchi.

Replacement options are listed under the Find box and in the Other options area of the dialog.

## Mara barbaadi

Miseensota barruu mara ykn dhangii ati galmee keessa barbaadduuf (Barreessafi galmeewwan Calc keessaa qofa) barbaada akkasumas fila.

Miseensota barruu mara ykn dhangii ati galmee keessa barbaadduuf (Barreessafi galmeewwan Calc keessaa qofa) barbaada akkasumas fila.

## Find Previous

Finds and selects the previous occurrence of the text or format that you are searching for in the document.

## Find Next

Finds and selects the next occurrence of the text or format that you are searching for in the document.

## Bakkabuusa

Barruu filatamee ykn dhangii ati barbaadduuf bakka buusa, ittaansuudhaan taatee ittaanuuf barbaadi.

## Mara Bakkabuusa

Replaces all of the occurrences of the text or format that you want to replace. Repeat this command until all replacements on your slide have been made.

## Other options

Shows more or fewer search options. Click this label again to hide the extended search options.

### Current selection only

Searches only the selected text or cells.

### Replace backwards

Search starts at the current cursor position and goes backwards to the beginning of the file.

### Yaadoota

Barreessaa keessatti, barruuwwan yaadaa barbaacha kee keessatti dabaluuf filachuu danddeessa.

### Regular expressions

Allows you to use regular expressions in your search.

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### Paragraph Styles / Including Styles Cell Styles

Searches for text formatted with the style that you specify. Select this checkbox, and then select a style from the Find list. To specify a replacement style, select a style from the Replace list.

## Walfakkaatina Barbaadi

Find terms that are similar to the Find text. Select this checkbox, and then click the Similarities button to define the similarity options.

### Yabbina arfiitiin walsima(afaanotani Eshiyaa qofa yoo danda'an)

Distinguishes between half-width and full-width character forms.

### Sagaloota akka(Jappan) (afaanota Eshiiyaa qofa yoo danda'an)

Lets you specify the search options for similar notation used in Japanese text. Select this checkbox, and then click the Sounds button to specify the search options.

Jappan keessa barbaaduu

### Diacritic-sensitive

Searches exact match, does not include Unicode combining marks in search. For example, searching for كتب will not match كَتَبَ or كُتُب or كتِب and so on.

### Kashida-sensitive

Searches exact match, does not include Arabic Tatweel mark U+0640 (also known as Kashida) in search. For example, searching for كتاب will not match كـتاب or كتــــاب and so on.

## Attributes

Choose the text attributes that you want to search for. For example, if you select the Outline attribute, then all characters formatted manually with an Outline effect are found. If you also want to find characters with an Outline effect as part of a style, then select Including styles in the Other Options section, before searching.

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## Format

Amaloota barruu dhangii ifteessii kanneen akka akaakuuwwan bocaquu, galteewwan bocaquu fi arfilee yaa'insa barruu barbaada.

After you select format and attributes that you want to search for, the Paragraph Styles checkbox in the Other options area changes to Including Styles. Select this checkbox if you want to include search for formatting and attributes set by styles.

## No Format

Click in the Find or the Replace box, and then click this button to remove the search criteria based on formats.

The search and replace criteria selected for Format and Attributes are displayed under the Find and Replace boxes.

## Direction

Determines the order for searching the cells.

### Rows

Searches from left to right across the rows.

### Columns

Searches from top to bottom through the columns.

## Search in

### Formulas

Searches for the characters that you specify in formulas and in fixed (not calculated) values. For example, you could look for formulas that contain 'SUM'.

### Values

Searches for the characters that you specify in values and in the results of formulas.

### Comments

Searches for the characters that you specify in the comments that are attached to the cells.

### Cufi

Qaaqa cufee jijjiiramoota mara ol kaa'a.

After you close the Find & Replace dialog, you can still search using the last search criteria that you entered, by pressing Shift+Command Ctrl+F.

Matadureewwan Walfakkatan

Using Regular Expressions in Text Searches

Himannoowwan Idilee Tarree

Barreessaa irratti Barbaaduu fi Baakkabuusu