Quick Tip: Using the Find Feature

Here's a tip to remember when using GPO Access: Finding specific information in a large Web document or set of documents can be very time-consuming. To save time, when you receive a large body of text (whether it be in a HTML, ASCII Text, or PDF file) and want to quickly find a keyword, trying using the "find" function. Here are a few examples:

In Internet Explorer, select the Find (on this page) option from the Edit menu or press [Ctrl]F. Next, enter the word or phrase you want to find and click the Find Next button. You may set the Find to look for a complete word (for example if you want Congress, not Congressional) or case-sensitive words in ascending or descending order.

Internet Explorer's Find Feature

In Netscape, select Find from the Edit menu of your browser or use the keyboard option [CTRL]F. Next enter the word or phrase you want to find. The Find dialog box also lets you select case-sensitive searches on a given HTML document in ascending or descending order.

Netscape's Find Feature

In Adobe Acrobat Reader, select Find from the Edit menu or use the keyboard option [CTRL]F.

Match Whole Word: Only finds only occurrences of the complete word you enter in the text box.

Match Case: Finds only words that contain exactly the same capitalization you enter in the text box.

Find Backwards: Starts the search from the current page and goes backwards through the document.

Adobe Acrobat Reader's Find Feature

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