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Finding Text

Complete the following steps to find a text string in a given file:
  1. Open the file by double-clicking its filename.
  2. Open the Find menu and click Find.
    • On Windows, you can instead press Ctrl-F.
    • On Mac OS X, you can instead press Cmd-F.
  3. In the Find box that appears below the editor, type the text string you want to find.
  4. Press Enter.
  5. (Optional) To find the next occurrence click the greater-than symbol to the right of the Find box.
    • On Windows, you can find the next occurrence by pressing Ctrl-K.
    • On Mac OS X, you can find the next occurrence by pressing Cmd-K.
  6. (Optional) To find the previous occurrence, click the less-than symbol to the right of the Find box.
Covered Topics
Parent Topic Editing Source Files