Find & Replace lets you update something across your entire schedule at once instead of fixing it strip by strip. It's the fastest way to rename an element, correct a typo everywhere it appears, or reconcile elements after importing a script.
How to open Find & Replace
Click the Search button to open the search modal. From the search modal you can both search your schedule and find and replace text across it.
When to use it
- You imported a script (for example from Scriptation or Final Draft) and an element came in with a different name than the one you already use, and Find & Replace lets you align them in one step. (Pairs with Merge Elements when you need to combine two elements into one.)
- A cast name, prop, or location is misspelled or has changed, and you need it fixed everywhere it appears.
- You want to standardize naming across a large schedule quickly.
In Cinapse, an element is any taggable item on your breakdown sheets and strips: cast, background, props, vehicles, locations, and so on.
How to use it
- Click Search to open the search modal.
- Enter the element or text you want to change in the search field.
- Switch to Find & Replace in the modal.
- Enter the replacement text.
- Apply the change to update it everywhere it appears.
Search options
In the search modal you can fine-tune what gets matched:
- Case sensitive: turn on to match capitalization exactly, or off to ignore it.
- Match whole word: turn on so a search for "art" won't also change "Arthur," or off to match partial text.
Find & Replace looks across your stripboard, scrapyard, and unscheduled strips, as well as all banners, day breaks, and breakdown sheet types, so a replacement updates everywhere the text appears.
⚠️ Find & Replace can't be undone. Once you apply a replacement it can't be reversed, so double-check your Find and Replace terms before applying; turning on Match whole word helps avoid unintended changes.
Find & Replace is available on all plans.