Search and replace text won't work in text fields

[Jim]

Search & replace will find a match in a text field, but will replace the
entire text rather than just the portion you are searching for. Searching
for "AH1" to replace it with "AH2" within a text field containing "AH1-DAT"
will change the whole thing to "AH2" not "AH2-DAT".

Any workarounds or solutions?

 

[John]

I assume it replaces the whole inserted field, but I haven't tested it.

I assume that the insert field gets its value from a customer property or
user field? If so, you could loop through all the shapes and just do a
Replace string function on the particular property.

Would this work for you?

Best regards

John