TextEdit - Save preset for Find & Replace?

Hey, all!
Quick question... is there any way to save a preset for a Find & Replace function in the native TextEdit app in Mac OS? I do a routine F&R using a long "Insert Pattern" (I haven't had time to learn Regular Expressions yet in order to use another app)... I'd love to be able to just do a quick F&R on a text file instead of having to build the string every time.
Possible?
Thanks!
-=R=-

thnx Tom - yes, all the text is there, editable and I can add new text to it and save. But I can't search it using Find, trying unique words I see right there in the first few paragraphs atop the file. Then tried 'and' which only found two in the whole large file, embedded within a block of what I guess are formatting characters also bunched up at the bottom of the file below my original text.
Oops, I just realized now that this file is not actually an RTF, its a Word 97 .doc -- which either means I converted it at some point in TextEdit, or its the original .doc file I started long ago with my ancient Microsoft Word that I used before going to Mavericks (was able to use Word in Snow Leopard but is no longer supported in Mavericks, I think its referred to as a 'PowerPC' application.)
What should I do? Would converting it to an RTF file help, if so how do I do that?
thanks!
Randy

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