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April 2, 2026
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How-to search an entire book

  • April 2, 2026
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I need to see if various things (text, styles, whatever) occur within a book. But “all documents” doesn’t work.

 

Thanks for any insight.

    Correct answer rob day

    The documents have to be open for All Documents to work. You probably can script the opening/search of all the Book docs

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    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    April 2, 2026

    The documents have to be open for All Documents to work. You probably can script the opening/search of all the Book docs

    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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    Community Expert
    April 2, 2026

    A couple of shortcuts to add to ​@rob day ‘s post:

    • Select all documents in Book file and double-click on one to open all.
    • Cntl-Alt-Shift-S / Cmd-Opt-Shift-S to save all open documents.
    • Cntl-Alt-Shift-W / Cmd-Opt-Shift-W to close all open documents.
    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
    Inspiring
    April 2, 2026

    Thanks for that. I can’t wait to open 50 documents at once and see what happens.

    🙄