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I would like to use "Mark All" command in the Find box to mark lines matching the search string, but only within my selection, instead of the whole document.

Is this possible? If so, how can I do this?

Shame there is not a tick box in the "Find" dialogue to do what you want.

There are two ways to solve your problem:

use the "Replace" function to find your selection and add a marker to the beginning of the line (unique as you will want to take it out later).

Then use the "Find" to "Mark" lines where the unique text you inserted are.

or

Cut out the text you want to search through into a new document, do what you need to do, then insert it back in the main document.

My thoughts.

Thank you. I have been doing your 2nd suggestion. I was wondering if there is a simpler way.