Pasting selected text into the "Find" dialogue box

[Sylvester Vital]

I need to know how to enter selected text from an open
Microsoft Word 2000 document into the "Find" dialogue box
so that I may search for and find similar text in other
parts of the document without actually having to type in
the text into the "Find" dialogue box. I have serched
for the answer in "help" and I have done everythink that
I could think of but nothing seems to work.

I would really appreciate receiving an answer from anyone
who knows.

Thanks

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Does Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V not work?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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[Susan W. Gallagher]

Copy the text to the clipboard by highlighting it, then either select Edit > Copy from the menu, click the copy button on the toolbar, or hold down Ctrl while you press c. Any one of these options will copy the text; you don't have to do all three!

Open the Find dialog, position the cursor in the Find What text box, and hold down Ctrl while you press v.

 

[Greg Maxey]

In Word2003 if you select text before opening Edit>Find or Edit>Replace the
selected text appears automatically.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is true at least intermittently in most previous versions as well.

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Words into Type
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