Microsoft KB Archive/66716

Word: Selected Text Returns “Search Text Not Found”

PSS ID Number: Q66716 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

4.00 5.00 5.50 6.00

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When executing the Search command in Word versions 4.00 and 5.00, the message “Search text not found” will display if the entire document or a portion of the document is selected prior to performing the search.

When performing a search, place the cursor at the position where Word is to begin searching for the text (for example, the top of the document or the beginning of a paragraph). By default, the search direction is set to Down, but it can be changed to Up if the cursor is near the end of the document.

A possible workaround for searching a portion of a document (for example, a paragraph) in Word versions 4.00 and 5.00 is to use the Replace command. Choose Replace, and set the “text:” and “with text:” fields to equal the search text.

In Word version 5.50, you can select a portion of the document before performing a search so that only the selected text is searched. From the Edit menu, choose Search; if the search text is not found, the message “The text is not found in the selection” will be displayed. If the search text is found, the text will be highlighted (press SHIFT+F4 to repeat the search).

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