3.15 Searching a Document.
The Search Command allows you to find a particular string of text within a large
document. The term "string" refers to a sequence of characters which may be part of a
word, a whole word, or 2 or 3 words. Searches may be either backwards or forwards
from the current cursor position.
Press READ with F to initiate the search. KeySoft prompts:
"Search forward or back?"

3.15.1 Searching Forward.
Press F to search forward from the current cursor position. KeySoft displays: "Find?"
The last string searched for, if any, is offered as a suggestion.
Press ENTER to select the suggested text, or type the text string to be found, and
press ENTER. KeySoft starts to search the document. If the text is found, the cursor
jumps to the first occurrence of that text.
KeySoft displays: "Found (word)."
where word is the first word of the text string that was entered. If the text string
cannot be found, KeySoft displays: "Cannot find (string)."
Either press ADVANCE or PREVIOUS to return the display to the document.
If you want to carry on searching forward for the next occurrence of the same text,
press READ with N. In a large document the search may take a few seconds.
If searching for a particular e-mail, use the binding space command
CONTROL with SPACE to put spaces between words. This is not necessary in other
contexts.
3.15.2 Searching Back.
You can search back from the current cursor position by pressing B, instead of F, at
the Search Forward or Back prompt. The rest of the procedure for searching back is
the same as that just described for searching forward.
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3.15.3 The Search String.
The Search string can be up to 50 characters long and it can contain words separated
by spaces.
Either upper or lower case letters may be used as the search process will locate text
regardless of capitalization.
It is also possible to search for special indicators such as New Line or New Page
markers, printer control markers, underline markers, etc. For information on the way
to specify these markers, refer to 3.12.2 Searching for Format Indicators.

3.15.4 Find and Replace.
In addition to searching for a particular word or string of characters, you can also
replace one string with another. Only whole words are replaced. This is useful, for
instance, if you discover you have misspelled a word which is frequently used
throughout a lengthy document.
The command for "Find and Replace" is CONTROL with F. This command is
followed by F for a forward search, or B for a back search. KeySoft prompts:
"Find? (Search string),"
where "search string" is the text string used last time a search was made. The very
first time you use your BrailleNote QT or if you reset it, there is nothing to display.
Type the new word or words to find and press ENTER, edit the previous search
string and press ENTER, or just press ENTER to search for the same string again.
KeySoft prompts: "Replace with (replacement text),"
where "replacement text" is the last entry you made here. Type up to 50 characters of
replacement text and then press ENTER, edit the previous replacement text and press
ENTER, or just press ENTER to replace the same text as last time. KeySoft then
prompts: "Replace all or first?"
To avoid the problem of words which happen to be embedded in other words,
KeyWord replaces whole words only.
If you want to replace all occurrences, forward or back as appropriate, with the new
text, press A. To replace just the first occurrence, press F.
If the word you are searching for does not occur within the document being searched,
KeySoft displays: "Can't find (search string)," where search string is the text string
used.
It is important to remember whether you are searching forwards or backwards in a
document. The "Can't find" message means that a word cannot be found in the
direction that is currently being searched. For instance, if you search forward from
the middle of a document, you will miss an occurrence in the first half.
KeySoft always remembers the most recent search and replacement text, and these
become the new suggested strings. Special indicators such

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