Won't find in search

[ep2002]

Hi,

This has happened to me a few times.

I search for something that is IN the doc. & it doesn't find it eve
though I'm staring at it.

What's up with that?

Thanks


Michell

 

[Stefan Blom]

Which kind of search are you referring to? Are you using the Find and Replace
dialog box in Word? Or the Navigation pane (if you are using Word 2010)?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"ep2002" wrote in message
Hi,

This has happened to me a few times.

I search for something that is IN the doc. & it doesn't find it even
though I'm staring at it.

What's up with that?

Thanks


Michelle

 

[Stefan Blom]

Or are you using the search function in *Windows*?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
Which kind of search are you referring to? Are you using the Find and Replace
dialog box in Word? Or the Navigation pane (if you are using Word 2010)?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"ep2002" wrote in message
Hi,

This has happened to me a few times.

I search for something that is IN the doc. & it doesn't find it even
though I'm staring at it.

What's up with that?

Thanks


Michelle

 

[ep2002]

;493524']Or are you using the search function in *Windows*?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
Which kind of search are you referring to? Are you using the Find an
Replace
dialog box in Word? Or the Navigation pane (if you are using Wor
2010)?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"ep2002" wrote in message
Hi,

This has happened to me a few times.

I search for something that is IN the doc. & it doesn't find it even
though I'm staring at it.

What's up with that?

Thanks


Michelle

Hi,

So I exited out of Word completely & shut down all the docs & that fixe
it.

I was using Word's Ctrl F feature.

I hope it doesn't happen again.

Thanks


Michell

 

[Stefan Blom]

Well, they say that restarting Office, or Windows, fixes most problems.

Thanks for the follow-up.

By the way, which version are you using? In Word 2010, Ctrl+F opens the search
tab of the Navigation pane, and in older versions it opens the Find and Replace
dialog box with the Find tab activated...

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"ep2002" wrote in message

;493524']Or are you using the search function in *Windows*?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
Which kind of search are you referring to? Are you using the Find and
Replace
dialog box in Word? Or the Navigation pane (if you are using Word
2010)?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"ep2002" wrote in message
Hi,

This has happened to me a few times.

I search for something that is IN the doc. & it doesn't find it even
though I'm staring at it.

What's up with that?

Thanks


Michelle

Hi,

So I exited out of Word completely & shut down all the docs & that fixed
it.

I was using Word's Ctrl F feature.

I hope it doesn't happen again.

Thanks


Michelle

 

[tomgiordano322]

Which kind of search are you referring to? Are you using the Find and Replace

dialog box in Word? Or the Navigation pane (if you are using Word 2010)?



--

Stefan Blom

Microsoft Word MVP









"ep2002" wrote in message


Hi,



This has happened to me a few times.



I search for something that is IN the doc. & it doesn't find it even

though I'm staring at it.



What's up with that?



Thanks





Michelle

As a Trainer who's used Word for so many years, I personally find it reallyannoying that Ctrl+F has been absconded. They could have come up with a different shortcut for the navigation pane. I suppose it's just marketing. You can use Ctrl+F then click the third tab to get to the old Find feature.. You can also use Ctrl+H for Replace then click the Find tab. This brings up the old-style Find dialog. Hope this helps.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Note that you can reassign Ctrl+F to the EditFind command if you wish. Click
File tab | Options | Customize Ribbon | Customize.