Finding and replacing text (Photoshop)

You can search for a single character, a word, or group of words. Once you find what you're looking for, you can change it to something else.

To find and replace a word:

1. (Optional) Show or unlock type layers. The Find and Replace Text command does not check hidden or locked layers.
2. Do one of the following:
• Select the layer that contains the text you want to find and replace.
• Select a nontype layer if you have more than one text layer and you want to search through all layers in the document.
3. (Optional) If you selected a layer containing text, place an insertion point at the beginning of portion of text you want to search.
4. Choose Edit > Find and Replace Text.
5. In the Find What box, type or paste the text you want to find. To change the text, type the new text in the Change To text box.
6. Select one or more of the following options to refine your search:

Search All Layers

Searches all layers in a document. This option is available when a non-type layer is selected in the Layers palette.

Forward

Searches forward from an insertion point in the text. Deselecting this option searches the entire text in a layer regardless of where an insertion point has been placed.

Case Sensitive

Searches for a word or words that exactly match the case of the text in the Find What text box. For example, with the Case Sensitive option selected, a search for "PrePress" will not find "Prepress" or "PREPRESS."

Whole Word Only

Disregards the search text if it is embedded within a larger word. For example, if you are searching for "any" as a whole word, "many" will be disregarded.

7. Click Find Next to begin the search.
8. Click the button that reflects what you want to do next.
• Change replaces the found text with the revised text. To repeat the search, select Find Next.
• Change All searches for and replaces all occurrences of the found text.
• Change/Find replaces the found text with the revised text and then searches for the next occurrence.