Add the ‘Replace Text’ Tool step to your Tool
You can add the ‘Replace Text’ Tool step to your Tool by:- Creating a new Tool, then searching for the ‘Replace Text’ Tool step
- Click ‘Expand’ to see the full Tool step
- Select the account you would like to use
- Select the document you would like to replace text in.
- Enter the text you would like to replace in the document.
- Enter your new text.
- Check whether you want the text matching (in step 5) to be case-sensitive.
- Click ‘Run step’ to test out the Tool
Parameters
The document you would like to append text to. You can get the document ID from the URL of the document between
/d/
and /edit
.Specify the exact text in the document that you want to replace. The replacement will only occur if the text matches exactly.
Be precise when entering the text to replace - all the instances of the text will be replaced.
This is the text that will replace the existing text.
This option specifies whether the text matching should be case-sensitive.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
What happens if the 'Text to be replaced' is not found?
What happens if the 'Text to be replaced' is not found?
The tool step will still run successfully, but no changes will be made to the document.
What happens if there is more than one instance of the 'Text to be replaced'?
What happens if there is more than one instance of the 'Text to be replaced'?
Any instances of the ‘Text to be replaced’ will be replaced.