Fast Find and Replace

Processing text documents on a daily basis doesn’t mean you’re a writer or artist. Chances are you work implies handling fixed forms which require simple editing or replacement of specific text strings. As such, Fast Find and Replace wants to help you easily fill in appropriate strings wherever needed in your text documents.

Intuitive interface quickly gets you up and running

The visual design wants to make it easy for both beginners and experienced individuals to quickly get the hang of things. The main tab is used to define general search items, with intuitive sets of fields, and even preset filters for more comfort. The other tab is where results are displayed and where you see how everything is changed.
Looking for strings of interest can be done in folders, files and folders, or from a given file list. The only option in which you don’t manually need to add files is the first section, which is fitted with a powerful search engine to detect files of interest and manage replacing strings. As for the files and folders, these need to be filled in with either a list of files to target, or directories and the exact files you want to process.

Create and save configuration files

The application is fitted with a basic filter, which by default looks up formats like TXT, HTML, HTM, and PHP. Needless to say that you’re free to add your own types of documents, but bare in mind that these need to be under UTF-8, ANSI, or Unicode encoding formats.
A file path also needs to be specified, as well as a word inside the path or filename. Modes of operations let you simply identify strings of interest, find and replace, or replace strings in multiple files at a time. Intuitive sets of options are at your disposal, with the possibility to save configuration files for later use.

In conclusion

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that Fast Find and Replace offers a comfortable set of features with which to locate and replace text strings of interest. Filters can be set up with ease, and saved in case this operation needs to be frequently performed.