Find

Where did Darcy first mention her fine eyes? Find any word or phrase in the whole book, and go straight to it.

Press ⌘F and type. The Manuscript sidebar lists every match in the book’s order, each on its own line under the scene it’s in, with the chapter beside it. The search covers front matter, the story, back matter and the Stash, and it includes what you’ve written but not yet saved. Every match is also marked in the editor.

Click a match to open its scene with the words selected. Find Next ⌘G and Find Previous ⇧⌘G step through the matches, scene after scene; so does Return in the search box. The list keeps up as you write. Press Esc to go back to the book’s parts, chapters and scenes.

What counts as a match

Capitals don’t matter, curly and straight quotes match each other, and the marks for italics between words don’t get in the way, so “never minded” finds “*never* minded”. Tick Match case when capitals should matter, or Whole words so that “art” doesn’t find “heart”.

When a search finds nothing, Look for it in the history… searches every saved version instead, with the same words and options, for text you’ve since cut: see Find in History.