I closed the computer down yesterday, and just restarted it this afternoon. Tried TextEdit and checked to see if it would replace all, and it does. So, mysterious episode is over, and still mysterious.
Thanks for the replies, Ronni and Severin. Cheers, Pat On 25 Apr 2014, at 4:45 pm, Pat <clamsh...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > have been turning text into html. A collegue sends me text in emails. I copy > the text and paste it into TextEdit, then I copy and paste it into an html > editor. He sprinkles his text liberally with ampersand signs, &, which > require coding. To save time and effort, it is my custom to Find ‘&' and > Replace All with ‘and’ on the TextEdit page. > > I hit some unknown 2-key combination accidentally, and all the text was > highlighted in a brilliant yellow colour. I clicked that away, but ever > since, the Find and Replace All does not work. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
