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How can I search for a specific piece of text on a website?

Luigi Oppido
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Luigi Oppido is the Owner and Operator of Pleasure Point Computers in Santa Cruz, California. Luigi has over 25 years of experience in general computer repair, data recovery, virus removal, and upgrades. He is also the host of the Computer Man Show! broadcasted on KSQD covering central California for over two years.

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Just press control+F or command+F, then type the text you're looking for into the search box.

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What seven letter word can I make from "aelisir"?

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No known 7 letter words can be made, but many six letter words can be made, such as serial and resail.

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What tool allows you to search for information on a particular word or phrase? *

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Just press Ctrl + F and you can search for a word and phrase.

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What do I do when ctrl + f brings up a search bar that searches the entire domain instead of the webpage I'm on?

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Stop pressing ctrl + f and the function will stop. Search key in keyboard. Windows and Linux. Action Shortcut. Open the Find Bar to search the current page Ctrl + f or F3. Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search Ctrl + g. Jump to the previous match to your Find Bar search. Ctrl + Shift + g. Open Developer Tools Ctrl + Shift + j or F12.

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When using Safari, the 'find' box to search a word or term in an article doesn't appear. Any suggestions?

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Not sure what device you use, but have you tried using Ctrl + F on Windows or Command + F for Mac? If that does not help, try updating Safari if an update is available.

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