# Find and Replace

PowerTable provides the 'Find and Replace' option to find a specific text or value and its occurrences in the table and then replace it with another text or value in one or more instances.

* Click on the highlighted icon beside the search bar to open the Find and Replace dialog box.

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The 'Find and Replace' dialog box opens.

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* Enter the word that you want to search in the 'Find' text box.
* In the 'Column' dropdown, select whether you want to search in all columns or only in a specific column.&#x20;
* You can check the options 'Match Case' and 'Match entire cell contents' to find the exact text or value you are looking for that matches the case and/or the entire cell contents.

<figure><img src="/files/W2rX2C46YpG0IoD4iTGX" alt=""><figcaption><p>Find the keyword</p></figcaption></figure>

* Click **Find Next** to locate the first occurrence and subsequent occurrences one by one. Click **Find Prev** to display the previous occurrence.

<figure><img src="/files/cXaJLrU2fUWZDgzdGPPG" alt=""><figcaption><p>Find Next and Find Prev</p></figcaption></figure>

* Click **Find All** to locate all occurrences of the text/value at once.

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Similarly, click "**Replace"** to replace the selected occurrence and "**Replace All"** to replace all occurrences.

#### **Search Options:**

**Match Case:** Check this box to find and locate only if the case of the entered text matches the data.

**Match entire cell contents:** Check this box to highlight the occurrence only if the entire cell content in the table matches the entered text.


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