Control page down should repeat a search in Word documents
Jonathan Cohn > On Jan 15, 2016, at 2:46 PM, Mike B <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi John, > > This thread pertains to Word 2010, hopefully 1 of the notes will help you: > > Original Message > From: Adrian Spratt > Hi. I have a long document with passages that I want to locate by searching > for bold text. I've located "bold" under "font" in MS Word 2010's control-f > and control-h search functions. However, when I press "find next," nothing > appears, even though the document has dozens of bolded passages. I infer > that Word is waiting for me to enter text as well. Is that true? > > Can anyone suggest how to get MS word 2010 to produce search results for > bold text without entering any text? > > Thanks. > Adrian > > From: Ann Byrne > I don't like control-f in Word 2010. I use alt-e, then f, which is > the Word 2003 find. Then go to 'more' and check the font thing, > which it sounds like you have done. Is there a 'find all' button? Maybe? > > I have always had good luck with this feature. Same to you! > > Ann > > From: Ann Byrne > No, you don't have to search for text. But remember to read the > results with insert-c. Testing it--shamefully, after writing--I did > the following: > > 1. Alt-e, then f > 2. Press the 'more' button > 3. tabbed to format button, enter > 4. tabbed to font ... enter > 5. tabbed to font style and selected bold > 6. tabbed to okay and pressed enter, which placed me on the first bolded > text. > 8. JAWS read nothing, so I pressed insert-c to read. > 9. pressed enter for the next bolded text and insert-c again. > Ann > > From: Adrian Spratt > Ann, > > I can't figure out how alt-f/e is different from the control-f Word 2010 > find function, and yet following your directions, it was in alt-e/f that I > succeeded. > > I find the process unduly cumbersome, almost as if skipping through the > document would take up as much time, but not quite. > > A time saver, for anyone interested. If you leave the find dialog to edit > but you want to resume your search for the same item, go back into find with > alt-e, then f, and then press alt-f. this lands you on the next instance of > your previous search term. > > Thanks, Ann, yet again. > Adrian > > From: Jean > Hi Adrian > > I think this might speed things up for you. I also prefer the Alt-E F > search. > > Once in the search box, just type control-B. Jaws won't say anything, but it > will be searching for the bold attribute. Note that you could also use > control-I for italic or control-U for underlining here. Don't type any text > if you just want to search for the atribute. > > Once you find your first occurrence, press escape to exit the find dialogue. > If you have attributes set to read, you can then read the line or passage > easily. > > Now the best part. To repeat the search and find the next bold, just press > alt-control-Y in your document. . > > Remember when you're done, go into the search dialogue againe with alt-E and > F, shift-tab and choose No Formatting. > > Jean > > From: Adrian Spratt > The news gets better and better. Thanks for these shortcuts, Jean. I knew > all this stuff in WordPerfect, but I had to abandon it because JAWS no > longer supports it. > Adrian > > Take care. > Mike > Global warming? Most likely caused from hot air generated by politicians! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: john r [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 11:02 AM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] finding bolded text > > > List, I am involved in my homeowners association as a board member. > > A member has done a draft of new by-laws. He has noted changed with bolded > text. > > Anyone have a thought on how best to find each occurrence of bolded text. > > I have been looking around to find the answer myself but I am in a time > crunch. > > Thanks for any input. > > John in sunny southwest Florida > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
