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Replace text in reference and/or description for all cost items

Modified: 7 Sep 2026 Viewpoint Estimating Estimating Help
  1. Open a job in the Manage Estimates screen.
  2. From the Catalog tab, select the catalog which contains the cost items with reference numbers or descriptions that you want to replace.
  3. Select the folder which contains the cost items with reference numbers or descriptions that you want to replace.

    Click More on the speedbar to display the Advanced Catalog Editing toolbar.

  4. Click Cost Items .
  5. Under Replace Text, click All Rows to modify all cost items in the folder.
  6. Under Replace In, select one of the following:
    • Reference - Find and replace text in the Reference field only.

    • Description - Find and replace text in the Description field only.

    • Both - Find and replace text in both the Reference field and the Description field.

  7. Under Find Only If, select one of the following:
    • At beginning - Find text at the beginning of the field only.

    • At end - Find text at the end of the field only.

    • Anywhere - Find text anywhere in the field.

Select the Case Sensitive checkbox if you want to search for text that matches the capitalization in the Find field. For example, if you enter "Pipe" in the Find field and select the Case Sensitive checkbox, the application will find all instances of "Pipe," but it will not find "pipe."

  1. In the Find field, enter the text to find.
  2. In the Replace field, enter the replacement text.
  3. Click OK.
  4. Click OK.
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