Possible to search for specific word in links?

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Swede
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Possible to search for specific word in links?

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Hi! Is it possible to search for a specific word or phrase in links in a H+M project (i.e. the underlined blue texts you click on)? Ctrl+F "Find & Replace" offers a number of options for narrowing the search but nothing for links. Is there another way of doing this?
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Re: Possible to search for specific word in links?

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Help+Manual itself doesn't have a special option for this. To do this you need to search in the source code of your topics using regular expressions. If you have Premium Pack 3 you can use the Toolbox utility included there for this. I attach a search profile for searching in links in Toolbox so that you don't need to design the regex yourself.
  1. Make a backup of your project and open it in Toolbox. Select the Complex Search and Replace tool in the Tools menu.
  2. Click on the Load button and load the Search_in_Links.hmsearch profile.
  3. Instructions will be displayed. Basically, you just need to replace the XXXXX placeholder at the top with the text in a link you are searching for and the YYYYY placeholder at the bottom with the text you want to replace it with.
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Re: Possible to search for specific word in links?

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Thanks! We have Premium Pack 3.20 so I'll have a go at this.
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