Finding and replacing
Find and replace colors
You cannot find and replace colors in grouped objects.
Note: To find and replace colors in a GIF or JPEG file in a Flash document, edit the file in an image-editing application.
1 Select Edit > Find And Replace.
2 Select Color from the For pop-up menu.
3 To search for a color, click the Color control and do one of the following:
- Select a color swatch from the color pop-up window.
- Enter a hexadecimal color value in the Hex Edit box in the color pop-up window.
- Click the System Color Picker button and select a color from the system color picker.
- To make the eyedropper tool appear, drag from the Color control. Select any color on your screen.
4 To select a color to replace the specified color, click the Color control under Replace With and do one of the following:
- Select a color swatch from the color pop-up window.
- Enter a hexadecimal color value in the Hex Edit box in the color pop-up window.
- Click the System Color Picker button and select a color from the system color picker.
- To make the eyedropper tool appear, drag from the Color control. Select any color on your screen.
5 To specify which occurrence of the color to find and replace, select the Fills, Strokes, or Text option or any combination of those options.
6 To select the next occurrence of the specified color on the Stage and edit it in place, select Live Edit.
Note: Only the next occurrence is selected for live editing, even if you select Find All in the next step.
7 To find a color, do one of the following:
- To find the next occurrence of the specified color, click Find Next.
- To find all occurrences of the specified color, Click Find All.
8 To replace a color, do one of the following:
- To replace the currently selected occurrence of the specified color, click Replace.
- To replace all occurrences of the specified color, click Replace All.
