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Find and replace software saves your time!

February 16th, 2010

Text replacement tasks may take much of your time. You do not believe it? Well, imagine that you need to replace several abstracts of text in several documents. Moreover, you d not need to change all of them. It is necessary to check the context in order to make a decision whether or not replace certain abstract. Now, add such a factor: files that might contain keywords are scattered all over your hard drive. How much time would you need to perform replacement procedure? An hour? Maybe more?

But don’t you worry! If you choose to use AKS Text Replacer amendment of files will become a matter of seconds or minutes, depending on the number of found files. AKS Text Replacer is a very affordable program, in term of finance and usability. It is impossible to get lost there, as the entire replacement process is structured and divided into 4 steps. AKS Text Replacer will guide you and make suggestions. Thus, mistakes and incorrect search results are highly improbable.

It does not matter in what succession you will take all those steps. You may begin from the end (replacement options) and finish with selection of folders and file types to be searched for. But, let’s review traditional way of replacing text with AKS Text Replacer.

Use reliable find and replace software

Use reliable find and replace software

Effective find and replace software is a must for every professional

Effective find and replace software is a must for every professional

First, you should select folders for AKS Text Replacer to look for files matching keyword requirements. It is possible to select several folders. Besides, you can set files of interest and files, folders and file types to be ignored. For instance, you may want AKS Text Replacer to look only for html pages or xml files. Or vice versa, you want to exclude these file types from the search.

AKS Text Replacer makes it possible to replace both words, word combinations, lines of words and blocks of texts. In step 2 you have to enter words or abstracts which you want to replace. You may also create replace group for frequently used pairs of words/blocks of texts.

Step 3 can sufficiently narrow search results. Thus, if you know size of the files and date when they were created, modified or accessed, then enter relevant information in the boxes.

The last step implies choice of replacement options. It is possible to overwrite files, create additional copies of both original and amended files. Users performing frequent similar replacements may create bat file and use it in further work.

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Search and replace text with AKS Text Replacer

February 14th, 2010

We always search for something. When computers entered our life we started searching for files for different purposes. Sometimes we need to search and replace text. You may think that there should be no problems related to text replacement. Well, this is partially true if you know exactly where target texts are located, given that the files are small and there are not many words which need to be replaced. But with giant volumes of information (this is reality these days) replacement of text can take much time. You cannot afford wasting much time in the modern business which is run at a high pace.

To solve problems related to text replacement you need to use a reputable and reliable automated text replacement tool, or text replacer. If you want to save your time and money then use AKS Text Replacer. This simple tool will perform all text replacement and search tasks you might have.

Let’s make an overview of this text replacement utility.

First of all, it needs mentioning that developers from AKS-LABS designed a program in the form of a wizard. It means that even if you want to get lost there you will have no such opportunity. Replacement process has been divided into 4 steps. Thus, all you have to do is to navigate between these steps and perform requested actions, i.e. use options you need and enter keywords.

Use AKS Text Replacer to search and replace text and words

Use AKS Text Replacer to search and replace text and words

Search and replace text with reliable replacement software

Search and replace text with reliable replacement software

The first step is about choosing folders which contain files that in their turn may contain keywords to be replaced. Here you have additional options – it is possible to set files and file types you are particularly interested in or exclude certain folder, files and file types. You can also create own list of file extensions you are interested in or you want to ignore.

Step 2 is called Replaces. Here you have to enter words and blocks of text you want to replace along with their replacement words and blocks of texts. It is possible to create replacement groups if you often use certain pairs of words or word combinations.

Users who have information on size of files and date they were created, modified or accessed may use this info to narrow search and make replacement process faster.

AKS Text Replacer will also offer you to choose preferable replacement options. Thus, it is possible to overwrite files, create copies of original files or copy amended file versions to a separate folder.

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Replace automation tool is a must for every professional

February 13th, 2010

If you think that replacing words and blocks of text is easy you might be mistaken. Sure, if you have to replace two words in a small MS Word document you will face no problems here. But if you have a folder full of file containing words or text elements than need to be replaced? What if those documents are plain text files or files related to programming languages? What if you do not need to replace all word but only part of them, depending on the file and the context?

Manual text replacement will take much time and effort. Besides, this method is extremely ineffective. In order to guarantee excellent results you need to use replace automation tool. Before choosing one you need to make sure that it can fulfill necessary tasks.

AKS Text Replacer is such a program. This is a very simple and easy to use text replacement utility, which, despite its simplicity, makes replacement process very fast and efficient. Besides, AKS Text Replacer is inexpensive software with a user friendly interface.

The whole text replacement process take 4 steps altogether. Let’s review each step and give a brief characteristic of most important and helpful features.

Use an effective replace automation tool - AKS Text Replacer

Use an effective replace automation tool - AKS Text Replacer

Replace automation saves your working time

Replace automation saves your working time

Step 1. Here you have to specify folder or folders in which AKS Text Replacer should look for files containing words to be replaced. Thus, you choose any directory, including subfolders. AKS Text Replacer offers you to ignore certain folders, files and file types. If you make use of excluding options AKS Text Replacer will ignore them in search and replacement process. At the same time you can specify in which folders, files and file types you have a special interest.

Step 2. Replaces. Here you enter words or blocks of text which you want to replace and words or blocks of text you want to see in the amended version. For you convenience you may create Replace Groups (for instance most frequently used word pairs). Additional options such as ignoring letter case, using regular expressions and using special chars will make replacement more efficient. However, these options are helpful for programmers and IT specialists rather than for ordinary users.

Step 3. Date and size options. If you know approximate size of files which contain keyword you may enter it. The same applies to date on which files were created/modified/accessed.

Step 4. Replacement options. Here you choose actions AKS Text Replacer should take (overwriting original files, copying modified files to a folder etc).

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