Text Search and Replace Tool

Chances are you work with a heavy load of documents on a daily basis, which can even require you to constantly modify existing strings inside these files. Luckily, there are various specialized applications out there like Text Search and Replace Tool which can change regular and special characters inside text files.

It takes only a little while until you benefit from what the application has to offer. Note, however, that your computer needs to be equipped with .NET Framework, but it’s usually delivered as a default feature in modern Windows iterations, so there’s a chance it’s already there.

As the name clearly points out, you get to perform a find and replace operation inside text files. This can mean anything under formats like DOC, DOCX, and RTF. On the bright side of things, DOC and DOCX files are processed without Microsoft Office on your computer. It’s possible to add the content of an entire folder, or manually pick from different locations. Files don’t have to be under the same format.

Defining the rules is where you spend most of your time. Apart from the input and output string requirements, you can choose to match casing, match whole field, use wildcard, match sound, find all word forms, and whether or not to replace text.

Multiple rules can be added to the operation and reviewed in the final section. The application can even look up special characters like tabs, column breaks, paragraph mark, field, graphic, white space, and more. It’s possible to save the list to file in case a similar operation needs to be performed later on other files.

On an ending note, Text Search and Replace Tool is sure to come in handy when having to constantly replace strings inside one or more text files. It’s capable of identifying various character types, and replacing with new ones inside multiple files at a time, making it worth your effort in the end.