title: Search/replace in block selection in Notepad++
body: <p><strong>Is there a way to limit search/replace only to a columnar block selection in Notepad++?</strong></p>
  
  <p>Here is what I am trying to do:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>I am bulk-editing metadata extracted from large numbers of photos.</p></li>
  <li><p>The metadata comes to me as a csv file with no quotes around fields in header line and no quotes around first field in each succeeding line.</p></li>
  <li><p>I edit this file in Open Office calc which exports with quotes around all fields.</p></li>
  <li><p>I can easily edit header row but the problem comes in stripping quotes from only first field in successive lines.</p></li>
  <li><p>I can use notepad in columnar mode but, after selecting the first column, the 'search only in selection' option box is greyed out. </p></li>
  <li><p>I can do this by hand but it means lots of hand-work and increased chance of error.</p></li>
  </ul>