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  Use the Change command to search for one text string
  and replace it with another. The replacement can be made
  automatically, with <Change All>, or after you signal
  approval, with <Find and Verify>.
 
  In looking for a text string, you can
    ■ Turn on a whole-word search
    ■ Turn on a case-sensitive search
    ■ Use regular expressions to search for a pattern
      of text
 
  Once made, changes cannot be reversed with the Undo
  command. To cancel the Change command, select <Cancel>.
  ┌───────────────────────────────┐
  │ Find What: [▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒]│◄── String to replace
  │                               │
  │ Change To: [▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒]│◄── New string
  │                               │
  │ [ ] Whole Word ◄──────────────│─── Match whole words
  │ [ ] Match Upper/Lowercase ◄───│─── Match exact case
  │ [ ] Regular Expression ◄──────│─── Use regular
  │                               │    expression
  └───────────────────────────────┘
  Select one of these options at the bottom of the screen:
    <Find and Verify>  Confirm each change
    <Change All>       Change all instances without asking
    <Cancel>           Cancel Change command
  Period       .  Matches any single character
  Caret        ^  Matches text at the beginning of a line
  Dollar sign  $  Matches text at the end of a line; must
                  appear at the end of the text
  Asterisk     *  Matches zero or more repetitions of the
                  character preceding the asterisk
  Backslash    \  Interprets the next character literally
  Brackets    [ ] Matches any of the characters specified
                  within the brackets --including
      Caret    ^     Matches any character EXCEPT those
                     within the brackets; must be the
                     first character within the brackets
      Dash     -     Matches characters in the ASCII order
                     between the characters on either
                     side, inclusive