Searching within files

Background

Starting point

The procedure in this topic assumes Skribenta is installed and configured for normal operation, and:

You have logged into Skribenta.
You are assigned to one of the following user roles: content provider, technical writer or administrator.
You have selected the workspace you want to work in.
A content file or a configuration file is created in the workspace.
You have browsed to and opened the file in the Workspace view or the Publications view.
The file has an XML element that can contain text, such as a paragraph, a title, or a table caption.

Your need

You need to search for content within a file.

The possibility

It is possible to do a filtered search of content within files in Skribenta. The search will only be done in opened files. When the search in the current file is completed, the search continues in the next opened file.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to search for strings within files.

The result

This is the file content before searching for a string within a file:

This is the file content after searching for the string "StringX "within a file:

Overall steps

Open the Find field, set search filters, type a search string and search within files.

Time

1 minute

Procedure

1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. Open one or several files you want to search within.

If there is a particular file that you want to start searching in, click the file to select it.

3. On the top toolbar, click Find.

A search box opens on the top toolbar.

4. On the top toolbar, select:

for backward search.
for case-sensitive search.
for whole word search.
for search in attributes.
for approximate string matching search.
what type of information to search for:
- Text - search for an exact string.
- Words - search for one or several words in a string.
- Invalid - search for XML validation errors.
- Block - search for a block (paragraph or title) containing exactly this content.
- File - search for a link, include or image pointing to a file with this resource ID.
- Spelling mistake - search for spelling mistakes.

5. On the top toolbar, type a search string in the search box. Alternatively, click the arrow to select a previously used search string.

6. To start the search, press Enter or F3, or click Find on the top toolbar.

The first search hit is selected in the file content.

7. Repeat the previous step.

The next search hit is selected in the file content.

If the files are opened in the Nav frame, and the search in the current file is completed, the search continues in the next opened file.

If the files are opened as separate tabs in the Content frame, only the content on the selected tab is searched.

When the search is completed, a message is displayed.