Find and replace colors

You cannot find and replace colors in grouped objects.

Note: To find and replace colors in a GIF or JPEG file in a Flash document, edit the file in an image-editing application.

Select Edit > Find And Replace.
Select Color from the For pop‑up menu.
To search for a color, click the Color control and do one of the following:
- Select a color swatch from the color pop‑up window.
- Enter a hexadecimal color value in the Hex Edit box in the color pop‑up window.
- Click the System Color Picker button and select a color from the system color picker.
- To make the eyedropper tool appear, drag from the Color control. Select any color on your screen.
To select a color to replace the specified color, click the Color control under Replace With and do one of the following:
- Select a color swatch from the color pop‑up window.
- Enter a hexadecimal color value in the Hex Edit box in the color pop‑up window.
- Click the System Color Picker button and select a color from the system color picker.
- To make the eyedropper tool appear, drag from the Color control. Select any color on your screen.
To specify which occurrence of the color to find and replace, select the Fills, Strokes, or Text option or any combination of those options.
To select the next occurrence of the specified color on the Stage and edit it in place, select Live Edit.
Note: Only the next occurrence is selected for live editing, even if you select Find All in the next step.
To find a color, do one of the following:
- To find the next occurrence of the specified color, click Find Next.
- To find all occurrences of the specified color, Click Find All.
To replace a color, do one of the following:
- To replace the currently selected occurrence of the specified color, click Replace.
- To replace all occurrences of the specified color, click Replace All.

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Find and replace colors

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