User Guide

Smith Corona Corporation Memory Mode — 4-11

Position Cursor

Code

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Type Search Word/Phrase

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Return

Code

With Selective Search, you can quickly locate all or one occurrence of a

word or phrase in your text and edit it, if you wish. For example, you

could change

A Baroque Musical Ensemble will perform

A Baroque Ensemble will perform

by searching for the word “Musical,” and then using WordEraser to

delete the word “Musical.”

1. Position cursor before at the beginning of the text to be searched.

2. Press Code + Search (0) to activate the Search feature. The display

prompts:

Search?

3. Type the word or phrase you are searching for exactly as it appears

in the text (use both upper and lower case, if necessary, up to 25

characters).

4. Press Return to begin search. The display prompts:

Replace? Y/N

5. Press N since you do not want to automatically replace that word

or phrase. The cursor moves to the first occurrence it finds.

6. Make desired changes, and then press Code + Next (N) to locate the

next occurrence.

7. Continue pressing Code + Next (N) to search for each occurrence.

When no others are found, the cursor remains at the last occurrence

found, and the display prompts:

Phrase NOT Found

Then, your text reappears on the display.