Variables.

[Kat se gat]

Let's say I have 1000 words in a project's files containing "insert-something". I can create a variable called InsertWhatever and set its value to say, blah-blah-blah and I can replace them one-by-one.

Is it possible to do a global find-and-replace replace "insert-something" and insert variable InsertWhatever in its place?

[NorthEast]

Yep, but first back up your project.

When you use the find and replace, set the Find in source code option.

Find Insert whatever and replace with
<MadCap:variable name="VariableSetName.InsertWhatever" />

Do a Find All first to see the results, then replace one-by-one, or try replace all if you're optimistic.

[Kat se gat]

Thanks Dave. I suspected I might have to give the XML a smack in the face but I hoped there might have been a safer way. Would I be right in assuming that where you write VariableSetName I also replace that with something? I'll dig around and see if anything obvious shouts at me.

[NorthEast]

Would I be right in assuming that where you write VariableSetName I also replace that with something?

The variable set name is the name of the variable file as it appears in Project Organizer; and you can also see it when you hover over a variable.

But just insert the variable you want into a topic, then if you switch to the Text Editor mode, you can see exactly how it looks in the code - then you can just copy/paste that to the replace box.

[Kat se gat]

I got it working as you suggested. I introduced a minor typo in the replace string but once corrected, everything seemed to look okay.

[scooter262]

This is really nothing more than I can do with Notepad++. Madcap should really add a better search-replace option, where you can actually find a text string and replace it with a Variable.