Rons Data Edit - How To Replace Text in a CSV File

To Replace Text in a CSV File

Step 1: Open your file with a dedicated CSV Editor - Rons Data Edit

First things first, make sure you use the correct application to edit your CSV files; you can download Rons Data Edit, for free, right here: Download.

Your CSV file can be opened using the 'Open Document' File menu, or 'Open Document' link on the Start Page of the application.

Step 2: Open the Toolbox and go to the 'Replace Text' Tool

In the ribbon bar at the top of the main window go to the 'Home' or the 'Cell' tab, and click the 'Toolbox' button.

When the Toolbox is open, click on the 'Replace Text' Tool among the tools available on the left.

Another way to open the Toolbox is to click on the Arrow Down on the Toolbox icon and select 'Text > Replace' in the drop down menu.

The Toolbox always remembers previous settings. To reset to the original settings click on "Reset Tool" (see image).

Step 3: Set the appropriate 'Replace Text' options

See below for the listing of the settings and their explanation.

Step 4: Apply the changes

Click the 'Update' button to apply the changes.

Step 5: Save the File

When satisfied with the changes, make sure to save the document by clicking on the 'Save' button the top left corner of the main window or by clicking the 'Save' button on the 'Home' tab of the ribbon bar.

The Replace Text Tool Settings

Description	Options	Explanation
Text Replace Options
Search For		The text, wildcard or regular expression to search the document for.
Replace with		The text or regular expression to replace matched text with.
	Match case	If checked only text of the same case will be matched, otherwise case will be ignored.
	Whole word	If checked only text surrounded by space or punctuation will be matched.
	Whole cell	If checked the whole cell must match the 'Search For' text.
	Ignore accent	If checked accent diacritics will be substituted for there unembellished character.
Search Type	Normal	Text comparison is done character by character.
	Wildcard	Text comparison is done character by character, except for '*' which matches any number of characters and '?' which matches any single character.
	Regular Expression	Text comparison is done using regular expressions.

Common Toolbox Settings

Description	Options	Explanation
Apply To	Whole Document	Tool changes will be applied to the entirety of the current document.
	Selection	Tool changes will be applied to the selected cells in the current document.
	All Documents	Tool changes will be applied all open documents.
	Include Header	Tool changes will be applied to column headers included in the selection.
	Include Body	Tool changes will be applied to cells included in the selection.
	Wrap Search	When using the 'Previous' or 'Next' buttons the search will resume at the beginning or end of the document respectively, if no matches are found.
Preview	Show Cell Changes	If checked the document will reflect cell changes prior to actually changing them.
	Highlight Changed Cells	If checked the document will highlight affected cells.
Tool	Reset Tool	Reset the Tool to a default state.
	Add to Data Cleaner	Add the current Tool to a Data Cleaner for combination into a sequence of operations to be saved and used at a later time.

Finally

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