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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Replace Stock</b> is accessed by choosing the <b class="uiTerm">Replace</b> button on the <b class="uiTerm">Stock</b> dialog box, active when one or more stocks are selected in the <b class="uiTerm">Stock</b> dialog box.
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Replace Stock</b> is an alternative to using <b class="uiTerm">Assign Stock</b> with <b class="uiTerm">Remove Existing Stock</b> turned on.&nbsp;The difference is that <b class="uiTerm">Assign Stock</b> uses the <b class="uiTerm">Specify Item</b> dialog box to select the new stock and <b class="uiTerm">Replace Stock</b> uses the <b class="uiTerm">Characteristic Search</b> dialog box.
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      <p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Characteristic Search</b> dialog box allows you to choose a new stock based on the existing characteristic values of the old stock. In the <b class="uiTerm">Characteristic Search</b> dialog box you turn off any characteristics you will allow to change in the left panel. When you choose <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b>, the stocks belonging to the same family as the old stock are shown in the right side panel that have the same values for the characteristics that are still turned on. You may then select one of the stocks listed and choose <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to replace the old stock.
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      <p class="para_topic">The stocks being replaced do not have to be the same. If different stocks to be replaced are selected, then the <b class="uiTerm">Characteristic Search</b> dialog box lists only those characteristics that the stocks have in common and have the same values.
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