Find & Replace: Description

Movie Magic Budgeting can find Detail lines in your budget based on a match in any part of the Description field.

Find by Description

• Open the Find tool
• Select Description (Detail Line) as the Find type
• Type the words or numbers you are looking for

The Results table below will display any lines that match your search term.

The Account number where the matching detail line can be found is listed first, and may display multiple line results for each account.

The specific words or numbers you had searched for will be highlighted in red. The most relevant matches will be listed first.

Click the Go To arrow button for a result to jump to that account.

Many Results

Only the first 200 matches will be shown by default. If you want to see all results (or select them for replacement) click LOAD ALL in the bottom of the Results table.

Replacing Descriptions

To replace the Descriptions found in results:

• Click to select one or more of the results using the checkbox at left
  • You can select all matching results in a specific account by clicking the checkbox for the account number
  • You can select all results by checking the checkbox at the top of the table
  • The number of selected results will be reported at the bottom of the Results table
• Enter your replacement text in the Replace with field
• Click Replace

The contents of the Description field for the selected lines will be replaced with your replacement text. Click Undo in the main budget window to undo a replace action.

Note: The entire contents of the Description field is replaced with your replacement text, not just the matching words or numbers you searched for.

Deleting Descriptions

• Select results as you would for replacing them
• Click the TRASHCAN button

The contents of the Description field for the selected lines will be cleared. Click Undo in the main budget window to undo a remove action.