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How to find keywords in long documents
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Press control F and a box will appear at the bottom of the screen
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How to find keywords in long documents (Original Post)
Pharaoh
Mar 2013
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nonoyes
(261 posts)1. Thanks for this tip!
I always thought everyone knew this who used Windows machines. But then my older sister , who has been using a computer for fifteen years and never knew this until I told her last month, so now she learned it from me.
who is an IT person never new that!
RC
(25,592 posts)2. This is for Firefox.
Other browsers may need to use Edit > Find, from the drop down menu.
csziggy
(34,131 posts)6. On my copy of Internet Explorer 9 a box opens at the top under the toolbar
On my copy of Chrome (not sure what version), same thing, a box opens at the top under the tabs.
CTRL-F also brings up the search box in Adobe Reader - at the top right.
nonoyes
(261 posts)7. Works in Google Chrome browser, too! n/t
We People
(619 posts)3. Very helpful!
Thanks Pharoah
MichaelSoE
(1,576 posts)4. same with Opera (also F2 in Opera)