I'm suddenly having trouble with the "Find" function. The words "right" and
"format" appeared below the find box and the find command would say that the
particular word was not there and it was present. How can I get rid of
"right" and "format"?

Ed Mullikin wrote:
I'm suddenly having trouble with the "Find" function. The words
"right" and "format" appeared below the find box and the find command
would say that the particular word was not there and it was present.
How can I get rid of "right" and "format"?

Click the More button. In the bottom of the dialog, click the No Formatting
button.

The "Right" formatting probably got stuck in there by you accidentally
pressing Ctrl+R while the cursor was in the Find box.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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