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Finding Project Data .....................................................................................3

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Show search results..................................................................................5

Replacing Project Data.................................................................................6

Editing Search Entries..................................................................................8

Synchronizing a Selection .........................................................................10

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Finding Project Data

You can start a search from a variety of different locations:

from the EPLAN main menu

from the graphical editor

from the Pages - <Project Name> Navigator Dialog

and from the list of results.

Find > Find

1. In the Find dialog enter the search term in the Find what field.
You can also use placeholders (such as * or ?) in the search.
It is possible to search for multiple related terms. However, you cannot search
for multiple independent phrases.

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2. Use the check box to determine whether upper / lower case will be taken into
account during the search, and whether only entire texts (i.e. exactly as the
text is entered into the input field) will be searched.

3. In the Search in group box you can specify the objects in which you would like
to search for the term. Select the check boxes for the objects in which you
would like to search.

4. Define the search location in the Search location group box. For searches in
the graphical editor you can exclude certain page types from the search here.
If you begin searching for multiple selected pages, the corresponding page
types are preset. Select the check boxes for the page types in which you
would like to search for the term.

5. Specify the list of results in which you would like to save the search results.

6. Click [OK].
EPLAN begins the search and then opens the Search results - <project
name> dialog and displays the entries found.

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Show search results

1. Select the menu items Find > Show results.

EPLAN calls up the Search results - <project name> dialog for the active
project. The list of results specified in the menu will be displayed in the
foreground.
If the Search Results - <Project Name> dialog is already open but not in
the foreground it will be filled with data from the active project and brought to
the foreground.
If the Search Results - <Project Name> dialog is open, and in the
foreground, it will be closed when you select this menu command.

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Replacing Project Data

After the search, you can select project data and begin replacing the existing values
with other ones.
Find > Show results
1. In the Search Results - <Project Name> dialog select the entry in the results
list whose value you would like to replace. (Multiple selections are possible).

2. Select Popup menu > Replace.

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The value from the (first) selected entry will be displayed in the Search for
field of the Replace dialog.

3. In the Replace with field specify the value that you would like to use to
replace the value shown in the Search for field.

4. Use the check box to determine whether upper / lower case will be taken into
account during the search, and whether only entire texts (i.e. exactly as the
text is entered into the input field) will be searched.

5. Click [OK].
The value will be replaced in the selected entries.

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Editing Search Entries

Precondition:
You have performed a search and the Search results - <project name> dialog is
open.
1. Select an entry in the list of search results and select Popup menu >
Properties.
You can also select multiple entries. In this case only the properties common
to all of the objects are displayed.

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2. In the Properties dialog make the desired changes to the object properties.

3. Click [OK].
The Properties dialog will close and you will be returned to the search
results list.

Edit schematic objects, project, and page data

Page data, project data, and schematic objects can only be separately edited, not
mixed.
If you have selected a mix of entries a message will appear prompting you to change
your selection.

Multi-user operation
All objects to be edited are locked when you select the Properties menu command in
multi-user operation. If all of the objects can't be locked, these objects also can't be
edited, in which a message to that effect will appear. Change your selection if this is
the case.
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Synchronizing a Selection

If you have several navigators open, you can use the Synchronize selection
command in these dialogs to display the same object. If an object is selected in a
navigator or in the graphical editor, it will also be selected in the other navigators.
This makes it easier to find project data.
Precondition:
You have opened a project and have several navigators open.
1. Select an object in a navigator or in the graphical editor.

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2. Select the menu items Find > Synchronize selection.
The selected object will also be selected in all of the other open navigators
that contain this object.

Example:
You have opened the graphical editor, the device navigator and the terminal strip
navigator. Now, in the graphical editor, select a terminal, and then select the menu
items Find > Synchronize selection. In the device navigator, and the terminal strip
navigator, the selected terminal will also be marked. The tree can also be opened at
the appropriate location.

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