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What's New in This release?
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Application Window Illustration
Using Compare It!
Comparing files
Merging Files
Editing Files
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File Filters
Comparison
Advanced Comparison
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Keyboard Shortcuts, Toolbar Buttons, Menu Commands
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Adding Shortcuts to External Applications
Adaptive comparison
Auto Backup
Automatch rules
Command Line Usage
Configuration File
Changes Only Mode
Custom Syntax Files
Defining Column Ranges
Enhanced Open File
File lists support
Folders comparison
Ignore Difference
Manual Matching
Merged Report
Moved Sections
Partial matching
Profiles
Result File Support
Separate
Unicode Support
Using Compare It! with File Manager
Using fixed/alternative font
Using Regular Expressions
Using RegExps substrings
Word files comparison
Excel files comparison
Other file formats support
Zip File Support
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Future Releases
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Frequently Asked Questions
Updates and Support
Search Dialog Box

You use the Search dialog box to find information in the source or target files.

To find information in a file:

  1. To perform a search in the source file, click in the source pane to make it the active pane.
    -or-
    To perform a search in the target file, click in the target pane to make it the active pane.
  2. Choose Edit > Find.
  3. In the Search dialog box, use the combo box to define your search term or regular expression.
  4. Use the check boxes to refine your search.
    Note: You will notice that the font used in the Find combo box changes to indicate which search selections are active.
    • normal for a simple search
    • bold for a case-sensitive search
    • underlined for a full word search
  5. Click the Find next or the Find prev button to perform your search.

Note: if you choose to search for Regular Expression, red color for edit field would notify you about badly formed expression.

See Also

Using regular expressions


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