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Searching for Text and Dimensions in the Viewport
You can search for text and dimensions in a drawing in the viewport using the buttons in the Search group on the View tab.
Searching for text in the viewport
1. Click View and then, in the Search group, click Text.
The Search Text dialog box opens.
2. Select the Drawing option to search the text in the entire drawing or select the Scope option to limit the scope of search to the sheet, browser tree etc.
3. In the Text box, type the text to be searched for.
Select the Match case and Match whole word check boxes as required.
4. The Index box indicates the current occurrence of the text.
5. Click Next or Previous to search for the next or previous occurrence of the text, respectively.
Searching for dimensions in the viewport
1. Click View and then, in the Search group, click Dimension.
The Search Dimension dialog box opens.
2. Select the Drawing option to search the dimension in the entire drawing or select the Scope option to limit the scope of search to the sheet, browser tree etc.
3. In the Dimension box, type the dimension to be searched for.
4. In the Dim Type box, select the dimension type.
5. In the Search In box, select the scope of the search, that is, the main dimension or a dimension text extension.
6. The Index box indicates the current occurrence of the dimension.
7. Select the Match case and Match whole word check boxes as required.
8. Click Next or Previous to search for the next or previous occurrence of the dimension, respectively.