Search

Searches for the specified text within the current slide and returns all found occurrences as text ranges.

Syntax

expression.Search(text, isMatchCase, isWholeWords);

expression - A variable that represents an ApiSlide class.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Default	Description
text	Required	string | RegExp		The text to search for, or a regular expression to match. When a RegExp is passed, isMatchCase and isWholeWords are ignored (control case sensitivity with the "i" flag instead).
isMatchCase	Optional	boolean	false	Case sensitive or not.
isWholeWords	Optional	boolean	false	Whether to search for whole words only.

Returns

ApiTextRange[]

Example

Find every occurrence of a word on a single slide and make the last match bold.

// Search is scoped to this slide (including its notes) and returns each match as a text range.

// Add a shape with repeated text, search the slide for a keyword, and embolden the final result.

const presentation = Api.GetPresentation();
const slide = presentation.GetSlideByIndex(0);
slide.RemoveAllObjects();

const shape = Api.CreateShape("rect", 300 * 36000, 100 * 36000);
shape.SetPosition(608400, 1267200);
slide.AddObject(shape);
shape.GetTextRange().SetText("Sample text with a sample word and one more sample.");

const results = slide.Search("sample");
results[results.length - 1].SetBold(true);