# Finding text in the Flash IDE

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**Created:** [February 19, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-text-in-the-flash-ide/282271 "2009-02-19T17:22:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![tpann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@tpann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpann)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-text-in-the-flash-ide/282271/1 "2009-02-19T17:22:51Z")

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How do I find a text string in a Flash file with multiple frames?

I did an experiment: In a test file, I created three separate frames. I typed “text1” in the actionscript pane of frame 1, and “text2” and “text3” in frames 2 and 3 respectively.

When I do a Find & Replace and look for “text2” Flash says it can’t find it. NOTE that this is the bigger Find & Replace dialog that comes up when your cursor is NOT in the actionscript pane.

So what do I need to do in order to get Find & Replace to find “text2”?