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298Final Cut Pro User Guide
Find and replace text in Final Cut Pro
If your project contains multiple instances of a particular word or phrase displayed in
multiple title clips, such as names, company names, or job titles, you can find the specific
word or phrase and quickly change each instance of it.
1. If you want to find and replace text in a selection, select a title clip in the Final Cut Pro
timeline.
2. Choose Edit > Find and Replace Title Text.
3. In the window that appears, type the text you want to search for in the Find field.
4. In the Replace field, type the text you want to replace the text you’re looking for.
5. To choose where to search, do one of the following:
• Search for text in the selected title clip: Click the “Search in” pop-up menu and
choose Selected Title.
This option is useful for searching in title clips that have a lot of text, such as credits.
Note: If more than one title clip is selected, only the clip closest to the beginning of
the timeline is searched. If selected clips are stacked vertically, the clip closest to
the primary storyline is searched.
• Search for text across all the title clips in your project: Click the “Search in” pop-up
menu and choose All Titles In Project.
6. Do any of the following:
• Match how letters are capitalized in your search text: Select the “Match case”
checkbox.
• Locate whole words rather than a group of letters within words: Select the “Whole
words” checkbox.
• Have the search start over from the beginning of the searched item after reaching
the end: Select the “Loop search” checkbox.
7. Do one of the following:
• Replace all instances of the text at once: Click the Replace All button.
• Replace this single instance of the text only: Click the Replace button.
• Replace this instance of the text and locate the next place the text appears: Click the
Replace & Find button.
• Cycle forward and backward through each instance of the text you’re looking for:
Click the Previous and Next buttons.
To undo an operation performed in the Find and Replace window, click in the viewer to
make it active, then choose Edit > Undo Text Replace (or press Command-Z).