Hi, try this... In Word, Do control F for find. Type in the search term then tab to "more" and press the space bar. In the new window, tab to the entry after "cancel" which should say "search Combo box" and, from that combo box, select "Up" then tab back to "find next" Hit spacebar This will do a reverse search from where you are in the document.
HTH Barry G ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] searching backwards through a MS word document > Don't know if this will help, but hitting the space bar it jumps a page at > a > time. > Stu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Be careful how you live. You may > be the only Bible some people will > ever read. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jason smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 5:56 AM > Subject: [jaws-users] searching backwards through a MS word document > > > Hi everyone, > my subject title might sound a bit weird. However if you're a student or > someone who has to search through long documents, you might identify with > my > question. My question is this. I often have files for uni which are > thousands of words long. I sometimes want to find the last(or one of the > last) occurrences of a word/name or phrase. Is it possible to go to the > end > of my document, and start searching for that occurrence back towards the > start of the document? At the moment, I have to go all the way through to > the occurrence I want. Or, I make a guess going by the number of pages in > the document and then use control page down to skip through to the page I > think I should start from. Sometimes, I can guess because you get to know > your document fairly well. However sometimes this is not always possible. > I > hope I am explaining myself okay. I don't know if this search function is > possible or not, but thought I would ask. I am using Jaws 7.0, windows XP > and word 2003. > thanks Jason > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List > send > a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.5/425 - Release Date: 8/22/06 > > > > > Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List > send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.4/424 - Release Date: 21/08/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.4/424 - Release Date: 21/08/2006 Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jaws-users/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
