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To Replace Text in a CSV File

Step 1: Open your file with a dedicated CSV Editor - Rons Data Edit

    First things first, make sure you use the correct application to edit your CSV files; you can download Rons Data Edit, for free, right here: Download.

    Your CSV file can be opened using the 'Open Document' File menu, or 'Open Document' link on the Start Page of the application.

Step 2: Open the Toolbox and go to the 'Replace Text' Tool

    Replace Text

    In the ribbon bar at the top of the main window go to the 'Home' or the 'Cell' tab, and click the 'Toolbox' button.

    When the Toolbox is open, click on the 'Replace Text' Tool among the tools available on the left.

    Another way to open the Toolbox is to click on the Arrow Down on the Toolbox icon and select 'Text > Replace' in the drop down menu.

    The Toolbox always remembers previous settings. To reset to the original settings click on "Reset Tool" (see image).

Step 3: Set the appropriate 'Replace Text' options

    See below for the listing of the settings and their explanation.

Step 4: Apply the changes

    Click the 'Update' button to apply the changes.

Step 5: Save the File

    When satisfied with the changes, make sure to save the document by clicking on the 'Save' button the top left corner of the main window or by clicking the 'Save' button on the 'Home' tab of the ribbon bar.

The Replace Text Tool Settings

    Description

    Options

    Explanation

    Text Replace Options

    Search For

    The text, wildcard or regular expression to search the document for.

    Replace with

    The text or regular expression to replace matched text with.

    Match case

    If checked only text of the same case will be matched, otherwise case will be ignored.

    Whole word

    If checked only text surrounded by space or punctuation will be matched.

    Whole cell

    If checked the whole cell must match the 'Search For' text.

    Ignore accent

    If checked accent diacritics will be substituted for there unembellished character.

    Search Type

    Normal Text comparison is done character by character.
    Wildcard Text comparison is done character by character, except for '*' which matches any number of characters and '?' which matches any single character.
    Regular Expression Text comparison is done using regular expressions.

Common Toolbox Settings

    Description

    Options

    Explanation

    Apply To

    Whole Document

    Tool changes will be applied to the entirety of the current document.

    Selection

    Tool changes will be applied to the selected cells in the current document.

    All Documents

    Tool changes will be applied all open documents.

    Include Header

    Tool changes will be applied to column headers included in the selection.

    Include Body

    Tool changes will be applied to cells included in the selection.

    Wrap Search

    When using the 'Previous' or 'Next' buttons the search will resume at the beginning or end of the document respectively, if no matches are found.

    Preview

    Show Cell Changes

    If checked the document will reflect cell changes prior to actually changing them.

    Highlight Changed Cells

    If checked the document will highlight affected cells.

    Tool

    Reset Tool

    Reset the Tool to a default state.

    Add to Data Cleaner

    Add the current Tool to a Data Cleaner for combination into a sequence of operations to be saved and used at a later time.

Finally

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