Tip #3723 - Find It Again and Again and Again
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Find
It Again and Again and Again
Do you use MS Word's
Find feature?
Ever discover that the Find
window is in the way when you're trying to locate the same text phrase
multiple times?
I mean, it really
is easier to leave the window open to use the Find Next button repeatedly
than it is to close that window and start over each time. The inconvenience
of the open window is worth it when compared to the "starting over"
method, isn't it?!
And these are your
only two choices, right?
Wrong.
Here's another option
I'd like to offer you.
For the first Find
of the text, proceed as usual. (Open the Find window,
enter the text you're seeking and hit Enter).
After Word locates
the text the first time, click the Cancel button.
At this point, it
looks as though all is lost, but wait! There was a change you may not
have noticed.
Below the vertical
scroll bar, you'll find a series of buttons.
Usually, the up and
down arrows are black, but when you hit the Cancel button, they turn blue.
That blue color is Word's indication that it can still look for your text
string.
The blue up
arrow will find the next occurrence of the text above your current
location and the blue down arrow will find the next occurrence
of the text below your current location.
So, as you can see,
you can continue with a repeated text search, without having to tolerate
that open Find window. Who would have thought that a little bit of blue
could be so useful?!
~ April
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