I would like to know how to put a search box/engine, like many websites have,
into a Word document, where it would search within the document. My
supervisor doesn't like the Find functionality, apparently -- I think this
document will be used as a training document for people with extremely
limited computer knowledge?
Is it possible to do this?
Thanks for your help!

(P.S. I am not a super-advanced Word user; I would probably not know how to
program or anything very high-end if that's the only way this can be
accomplished.)

[WordBanter AI]

Yes, it is possible to add a search box to a Word document. Here's how you can do it:

1. Click on the "Developer" tab in the ribbon. If you don't see the "Developer" tab, you can enable it by going to File Options Customize Ribbon, and then checking the box next to "Developer" in the right-hand column.
2. Click on the "Design Mode" button in the "Controls" group.
3. Click on the "Legacy Tools" button in the "Controls" group, and then select "Text Box" from the drop-down menu.
4. Click and drag to draw a text box where you want the search box to appear.
5. Right-click on the text box and select "Properties" from the context menu.
6. In the "Content Control Properties" dialog box, go to the "Placeholder text" section and enter the text you want to appear in the search box (e.g. "Enter search term here").
7. In the "Tag" section, enter a name for the search box (e.g. "SearchBox").
8. Click "OK" to close the dialog box.
9. Click on the "Design Mode" button again to turn off design mode.
10. Press "Ctrl + F" to open the "Find and Replace" dialog box.
11. In the "Find what" field, enter the tag name you assigned to the search box (e.g. "SearchBox").
12. Click "Find Next" to locate the search box.
13. Right-click on the search box and select "Hyperlink" from the context menu.
14. In the "Insert Hyperlink" dialog box, select "Place in This Document" in the left-hand column.
15. In the "Select a place in this document" section, select the heading or section you want to search within.
16. Click "OK" to close the dialog box.

Now, when someone types a search term into the search box and presses "Enter", Word will search within the selected heading or section for the term and highlight any matches. Note that this method requires the user to have some basic computer knowledge, as they will need to know how to use the search box and navigate the document.

The only way to do this is to program. What, specifically, does your
supervisor not like about pressing Ctrl-F and typing in what is to be found?
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"DS" wrote in message
...
I would like to know how to put a search box/engine, like many websites
have,
into a Word document, where it would search within the document. My
supervisor doesn't like the Find functionality, apparently -- I think this
document will be used as a training document for people with extremely
limited computer knowledge?
Is it possible to do this?
Thanks for your help!

(P.S. I am not a super-advanced Word user; I would probably not know how
to
program or anything very high-end if that's the only way this can be
accomplished.)

If I had a very good tutorial I'd be able to swing it, but if it's really
really advanced and I'd need to be a CS major to pull it off, then it's
probably not worth it.

I'm not really sure what he doesn't like about it. He just assigned me to
research the feasibility of doing this.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

The only way to do this is to program. What, specifically, does your
supervisor not like about pressing Ctrl-F and typing in what is to be found?
--
Charles Kenyon

"DS" wrote in message
...
I would like to know how to put a search box/engine, like many websites
have,
into a Word document, where it would search within the document. My
supervisor doesn't like the Find functionality, apparently -- I think this
document will be used as a training document for people with extremely
limited computer knowledge?
Is it possible to do this?
Thanks for your help!

(P.S. I am not a super-advanced Word user; I would probably not know how
to
program or anything very high-end if that's the only way this can be
accomplished.)

My opinion:

Tell him it's not feasible, then. Try to slide in a little comment that
trying to make Word behave like a website is a bad idea, because a Word
document is not written in web code.

PDF might be a better format for a training document for people with very
limited computer knowledge. Adobe Reader has a Search button on the toolbar
(which literally says Search, not just a picture) and will return a list of
all pages where that word shows. That sounds pretty easy for novices.

Suggest that as being a) much more feasible and b) a better use of your time
then learning how to mis-use Word for something it wasn't intended to do.
My quick test suggests that even PDFs created with a free/shareware PDF
creator will still allow text searches.


On 3/15/06 7:21 AM, "DS" wrote:

If I had a very good tutorial I'd be able to swing it, but if it's really
really advanced and I'd need to be a CS major to pull it off, then it's
probably not worth it.

I'm not really sure what he doesn't like about it. He just assigned me to
research the feasibility of doing this.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

The only way to do this is to program. What, specifically, does your
supervisor not like about pressing Ctrl-F and typing in what is to be found?
--
Charles Kenyon

"DS" wrote in message
...
I would like to know how to put a search box/engine, like many websites
have,
into a Word document, where it would search within the document. My
supervisor doesn't like the Find functionality, apparently -- I think this
document will be used as a training document for people with extremely
limited computer knowledge?
Is it possible to do this?
Thanks for your help!

(P.S. I am not a super-advanced Word user; I would probably not know how
to
program or anything very high-end if that's the only way this can be
accomplished.)




--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html
What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Yeah, I'm pretty much gathering that it's not doable.

Thank you very much Daiya and Charles!

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote:

My opinion:

Tell him it's not feasible, then. Try to slide in a little comment that
trying to make Word behave like a website is a bad idea, because a Word
document is not written in web code.

PDF might be a better format for a training document for people with very
limited computer knowledge. Adobe Reader has a Search button on the toolbar
(which literally says Search, not just a picture) and will return a list of
all pages where that word shows. That sounds pretty easy for novices.

Suggest that as being a) much more feasible and b) a better use of your time
then learning how to mis-use Word for something it wasn't intended to do.
My quick test suggests that even PDFs created with a free/shareware PDF
creator will still allow text searches.


On 3/15/06 7:21 AM, "DS" wrote:

If I had a very good tutorial I'd be able to swing it, but if it's really
really advanced and I'd need to be a CS major to pull it off, then it's
probably not worth it.

I'm not really sure what he doesn't like about it. He just assigned me to
research the feasibility of doing this.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

The only way to do this is to program. What, specifically, does your
supervisor not like about pressing Ctrl-F and typing in what is to be found?
--
Charles Kenyon

"DS" wrote in message
...
I would like to know how to put a search box/engine, like many websites
have,
into a Word document, where it would search within the document. My
supervisor doesn't like the Find functionality, apparently -- I think this
document will be used as a training document for people with extremely
limited computer knowledge?
Is it possible to do this?
Thanks for your help!

(P.S. I am not a super-advanced Word user; I would probably not know how
to
program or anything very high-end if that's the only way this can be
accomplished.)




--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html
What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

If you want an Adobe-Reader-style Find dialog in Word, go to
http://jay-freedman.info/ and download finder.zip. Unzip the template
into Word's Startup folder (look in Tools Options File Locations
to find out where that is) and restart Word. I assigned the shortcut
Ctrl+Alt+F to the Finder macro, but you can reassign it or assign a
toolbar button to it (see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...roToHotkey.htm
and
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...oToToolbar.htm).

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Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:59:37 -0800, DS
wrote:

Yeah, I'm pretty much gathering that it's not doable.

Thank you very much Daiya and Charles!

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote:

My opinion:

Tell him it's not feasible, then. Try to slide in a little comment that
trying to make Word behave like a website is a bad idea, because a Word
document is not written in web code.

PDF might be a better format for a training document for people with very
limited computer knowledge. Adobe Reader has a Search button on the toolbar
(which literally says Search, not just a picture) and will return a list of
all pages where that word shows. That sounds pretty easy for novices.

Suggest that as being a) much more feasible and b) a better use of your time
then learning how to mis-use Word for something it wasn't intended to do.
My quick test suggests that even PDFs created with a free/shareware PDF
creator will still allow text searches.


On 3/15/06 7:21 AM, "DS" wrote:

If I had a very good tutorial I'd be able to swing it, but if it's really
really advanced and I'd need to be a CS major to pull it off, then it's
probably not worth it.

I'm not really sure what he doesn't like about it. He just assigned me to
research the feasibility of doing this.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

The only way to do this is to program. What, specifically, does your
supervisor not like about pressing Ctrl-F and typing in what is to be found?
--
Charles Kenyon

"DS" wrote in message
...
I would like to know how to put a search box/engine, like many websites
have,
into a Word document, where it would search within the document. My
supervisor doesn't like the Find functionality, apparently -- I think this
document will be used as a training document for people with extremely
limited computer knowledge?
Is it possible to do this?
Thanks for your help!

(P.S. I am not a super-advanced Word user; I would probably not know how
to
program or anything very high-end if that's the only way this can be
accomplished.)




--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html
What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/