Find & Replace Opening the Find & Replace tool Select Match Case to find only the instances that exactly match the search term. To look for a word or phrase, click in the box and type your text, then press Enter to find the next occurrence of that term from the current cursor position.Ĭlick the Find Next or Find Previous buttons as needed.Ĭlick the Find All button to select all instances of the search term within the document. You can display the Find toolbar by by pressing Ctrl+F key combination or choosing Edit > Find from the Menu bar. Writer has two ways to find text within a document: the Find toolbar for fast searching and the Find & Replace dialog which has the replace feature.