Organizing and Editing Records - FileMaker Pro 13: The Missing Manual - page 80

▪ Current record and All fields . FileMaker looks through every field on the layout
in the current record only.
▪ Current record and Current field . FileMaker looks only in the current field.
When it reaches the end of the text in that field, it stops.
▪ All records and Current field . FileMaker looks through the current field, and
then moves to the next record. It keeps looking through records for more matches,
but it pays attention only to the current field.
4. From the Direction pop-up menu, choose All .
The Direction pop-up menu controls which way FileMaker goes when it starts its
search:
▪ Forward . The search starts wherever your cursor is and moves through each field
in every record until it gets to the last record in the database, where it will stop.
▪ Backward . The opposite: the search starts from the cursor location and goes to
the first record in your database.
▪ All . FileMaker starts off just like a Forward search. The search will then circle
around until it gets back to the starting point.
5. Click Find Next .
Find Next starts FileMaker looking. When it finds a match, it highlights the match
right in the field. The Find/Replace window stays put, so you can click Find Next as
many times as necessary to find what you're looking for and then click Replace to
change it to your replacement text. Click Find Next again to go to the next match.
If you feel the need to work more quickly—say you've done Find Next and Replace a
couple of times, and everything looks in order—click Replace & Find instead. It re-
places the current match and then finds the next one all in one step. Repeat as many
times as necessary.
If you're sure you want every match replaced, then click Replace All, and FileMaker
does the entire find-replace-find-replace dance for you. FileMaker always asks you if
you're sure about Replace All first, just in case. For instance, if you have some clients
whose last name is Anderson and others whose company name is Anderson, you may
not want to use the Replace All option. You need to check each occurrence individu-
ally to make sure you don't accidentally change someone's last name.
6. When you're done with the Find/Replace window, click Close .