Item 

Description 

Text to find 

Enter a search string or use the down arrow to select a previously entered search string.  

Case sensitive 

Differentiates uppercase from lowercase when performing a search.  

Whole words only 

Searches for words only. (With this option off, the search string might be found within longer words.)  

Regular expressions 

Recognizes regular expressions in the search string. A list of regular expressions is given (as “special characters”) in GREP.  

Forward 

Searches from the current position to the end of the file. Forward is the default.  

Backward 

Searches from the current position to the beginning of the file.  

Global 

Searches the entire file in the direction specified by the Direction setting. Global is the default scope.  

Selected text 

Searches only the selected text in the direction specified by the Direction setting. You can use the mouse or block commands to select a block of text.  

From Cursor 

The search starts at the cursor's current position, and then proceeds either forward to the end of the scope, or backward to the beginning of the scope depending on the Direction setting. From cursor is the default Origin setting.  

Entire scope 

Searches the entire block of selected text or the entire file (no matter where the cursor is in the file), depending upon the Scope options.