File Content Extraction 25.3
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# Edit a Document

## Search for Text

- To determine whether a document can be searched, use the `VAPIMWP_EDIT_CANFIND` message. See VAPIMWP_EDIT_CANFIND .

- To search a document for the specified text, use the `VAPIMWP_EDIT_FIND` message. See VAPIMWP_EDIT_FIND .

- To get the currently selected text in a document, use the `VAPIMWP_EDIT_GETFINDTEXT` message. See VAPIMWP_EDIT_GETFINDTEXT .

## Copy Text

- To determine whether the selected text in a document can be copied, use the `VAPIMWP_EDIT_CANCOPY` message. See VAPIMWP_EDIT_CANCOPY .

- To copy the selected text in a document, use the `VAPIMWP_EDIT_COPY` message. See VAPIMWP_EDIT_COPY .

- To determine whether all the items in a document can be selected, use the `VAPIMWP_EDIT_CANSELECTALL` message. SeeVAPIMWP_EDIT_CANSELECTALL .

- To select all the items in a document, use the `VAPIMWP_EDIT_SELECTALL` message. See VAPIMWP_EDIT_SELECTALL.

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Product: File Content Extraction 25.3

Topic Title: Edit a Document