Replace Variables in Multiple Documents

   Pathagoras makes it easy to replace variables across multiple documents in a single action. There are three distinct methods.

   Against Currently Open Documents

 Just above the Next button are a series of checkboxes. (They appear ornamental, but each serves a useful purpose which you can identify by just hovering over each box. For this topic, you want the first (left-most) checkbox which, if checked, will replace variables with the assigned values against all open documents. This is a wonderful tool if you typically compose several documents simultaneously want to complete them all at the same time.

tipThis feature can also be used to Scan all open documents for variables. Just check it before you click the Scan button.

tipThis feature can also be used as multi-document 'Bulk Edit' tool. By 'Bulk Edit' we mean searching and replacing multiple terms in multiple documents.
 
   Keep in mind that IDB is essentially little more than a fancy "search and replace" utility. It can be used to modify any of document. So, from a blank IDB screen, type the 'old text' in the left column and type the new (replacement) text in the right column. Click the box and then press Next.  

lightbulbsmallThe resulting action is a standard 'search & replace', but it will be against all open documents.

Against Documents in a Folder:

If your goal is to replace in all documents in a folder (as opposed to all open documents), click here for those steps.

Document Packages:

 This isn't so much an Instant Database tool as it is a more global document assembly tool, but it definitely fits the topic