Find and replace text action
- Updated: 2025/10/15
The Find and replace text action in the Apple Keynote package enables you to search for specific text within the active slide and replace it with new text. This action helps you quickly update or correct data across your tables, saving time and ensuring consistency.
Settings
- Use the Session name field to select one of the following
options:
- Session name: Enter the name of the session used
to open the presentation with the Open
action.
(Optional) Click the Insert a value icon to select an existing variable that you have used to store the default session name.
- Variable: Enter the name of the variable that you have used to store the session name.
- Session name: Enter the name of the session used
to open the presentation with the Open
action.
- In the Find text field, specify the exact text that you want to locate. Select the Find text in table option to search for the specified text within all the tables on the active slide.
- Select one of the following Match criteria options:
- Match case: treats upper case and lowercase as different.
- Match whole words: matches exact words only.
- In the Replace text field, specify the text to be replaced at all instances.
- In the Store text details in variable field, create a new variable or select an existing variable from the list to store the captured text details.