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How to Use the Find Window to Find Text on a Page
Published by Brink
01-07-2008

How to Use the Find Window to Find Text on a Page
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  This will show you how to do a quick Find for a certain text or word on a page of a document and have it highlighted.
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  For example in IE7, Notepad, WordPad, registry, and other supporting programs.
RELATED LINKS: EXAMPLE: Find in IE7, Notepad, and WordPad
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Here's How:
1. While you have the page open, press CTRL+F or F3.
NOTE: For example in IE7 on a webpage.

2. Type in the word or phrase you want to find on that page. (See screenshot below step 5)

3. Select the search options you want to use.

4. Press Enter to start the search.

5. Click Previous or Next button to go back to the previous and next highlighted search result on the page.
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6. Close the Find window when done.
That's it,
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