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"Find" does not work--sometimes
Sometimes when I try to do a "find" in my Word document (CTRL-F), I get back
"Word has finished searching the document. The search item was not found." This is true even for words I know are there, that I am looking at on the screen. When this happens, it does so for whichever Word document I open. But then the next day, it works fine, then another day not at all. What's going on? I'm running MSWord 2002 on WXP 2005 Media edition. Thanks |
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"Find" does not work--sometimes
Make sure it wasn't searching just selected text or from the current
location to the end (though in both cases, Word will usually ask if you want to search the rest of the document). If it has really searched the entire document, make sure that you don't have any specific style or other formatting applied to the "Find what" text and that you don't have any of the boxes such as "Match case" checked. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jauchart" wrote in message ... Sometimes when I try to do a "find" in my Word document (CTRL-F), I get back "Word has finished searching the document. The search item was not found." This is true even for words I know are there, that I am looking at on the screen. When this happens, it does so for whichever Word document I open. But then the next day, it works fine, then another day not at all. What's going on? I'm running MSWord 2002 on WXP 2005 Media edition. Thanks |
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"Find" does not work--sometimes
If it's truly working one day, but not the next, and you've done nothing to
the document, then I would suspect that your computer memory is going bad. On the other hand... you might check to see whether the document contains tracked changes. If it does, then hidden tracked changes can prevent you from seeing what's actually in the document. Perhaps those words you "know are there" have extra bits between the letters, preventing find from actually finding. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Jauchart" wrote in message ... Sometimes when I try to do a "find" in my Word document (CTRL-F), I get back "Word has finished searching the document. The search item was not found." This is true even for words I know are there, that I am looking at on the screen. When this happens, it does so for whichever Word document I open. But then the next day, it works fine, then another day not at all. What's going on? I'm running MSWord 2002 on WXP 2005 Media edition. Thanks |
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We discovered that when, on the find/replace window, and under the More section, if the No Formatting button is NOT grayed out, it is very likely that MS Word will NOT find the word(s) you are looking for!
Click on the Special button and de-select the formatting there...the No Formatting button is then grayed out and will find the word(s) you seek. Thanks! concerned Quote:
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Well I agree with you, but much of the American population is brainwashed into supporting their cause....therefore our people are in BIG trouble. God bless you, I wish you luck when the sh*t hits the fan!
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