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On the REPLACE screen:

the "FIND WHAT" box contains the text I want replaced.
the "REPLACE WITH" box contains the replacement text.

When I then click "REPLACE ALL", only ONE instance of the text is replaced.

To replace ALL instances, I have to click "SELECT ALL" (on the "Edit" menu) BEFORE I click "REPLACE ALL"

Why doesn't "REPLACE ALL", replace ALL instances?

Make sure that the scope isn't set to selected text on the Replace dialog box.

Scope is set to Active Document (not Selected Text)

In that case, please provide details of what your search and replace strings are, and a sample of the text containing more than one instance of the search string.

The search and replace strings info is at the top of the attached sample text document.

Cannot reproduce with TextPad 8.4.0 and all variations of "Match whole words", "Match case" and "Regular expression". Do note that line 3 has a trailing space after "the" - so do you actually want to search for "the" or really for "the "?

I'm using TextPad version 9.5.2 (64-bit)

Using the search and replace strings and other parameters at the top of my text file, I can NOT reproduce my problem either.

I will continue using REPLACE ALLto see if my problem recurs.

I will let you know, either way.




BTW: I always thought TEXTPAD was located in Australia, not in the UK. Is one of the other problem-solvers in Ozland?

If you had recorded that replace command as a macro, make sure that the macro's default scope is set to "Document".

I'm not an a macro-bian (for TextPad or Excel)

gcotterl wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2024 3:08 pmI always thought TEXTPAD was located in Australia, not in the UK.

Both address and telephone predial in the contact information have always been british. I'm european.