Find and replace text in Pages on Mac
You can search for specific words, phrases, numbers, and characters, and automatically replace search results with new content that you specify. All content in the document—the main body text, headers and footers, tables, text boxes, shapes, footnotes and endnotes, and comments—is included in the search.
Search for text
Click
in the toolbar toolbar, then choose Show Find & Replace.You can also press Command-F.
Enter a word or phrase in the search field. Matches are highlighted as you enter text.
To restrict search results to either whole words or words that match the capitalization you specify, click the pop-up menu to the left of the search field, then choose either Whole Words or Match Case (or both).
For example, when Whole Words is selected, searching for “under” won’t find the word “underline.”
Click the left or right arrow to find the next or previous match.
To see or clear recent searches, click
in the search field.
In a table cell, Pages matches only the value that’s displayed, not the underlying value or formula. For example, if a recipe calls for “1/2 cup,” a search for “0.5” has no matches.
Replace text
Click
in the toolbar, then choose Show Find & Replace.Click the pop-up menu to the left of the top text field, then choose Find & Replace.
Enter a word or phrase in the top text field.
As you enter text, the number of matches appears alongside it. The first match you can edit is highlighted in yellow.
Do any of the following:
Replace all matches with the same replacement text: In the bottom text field, enter replacement text, then click Replace All.
Important: Leaving the bottom text field blank deletes all instances of the found text.
Replace different matches with different text: In the bottom text field, enter replacement text, then click Replace & Find. Continue clicking Replace & Find to apply the same replacement text, or enter different replacement text and click Replace & Find.
Replace the selected match but don’t move to the next match: Click Replace.
Move to the previous or next match without making a change: Click the left or right arrow.
In a table cell, replacing a table value updates both the displayed value and the underlying value. For example, if you replace “1/2” with “1/3,” the underlying value changes from “0.5” to “0.333333.”
You can’t replace matching text in table cells that contain a formula.