Search inside the page you already have.
Use Find to jump to a useful word in a long web page.
One search finds pages. Another searches a page.
A search engine helps you choose a destination. Once you arrive at a long help article, you may need a different tool. Find looks for text within the current page, so you can jump to the passage you need.
Press Ctrl+F on Windows or Linux, or Command+F on a Mac. Type a word that appears in the article. Use the Find controls to move through its matches. If “account” appears everywhere, try a more specific phrase such as “email address.”
Two different searches
Which page should I open?
Where does this page mention it?
Read around the match.
The matching word is a landmark, not the whole answer. A help page might mention a feature while explaining that it is unavailable. Read the sentence and nearby heading before deciding you have found the relevant instruction.
Find also has limits: text inside an image may not be searchable, and content that has not loaded or is hidden in a collapsed area may need to be opened first. A zero-match result is not proof that the website has no information on the subject.
Find: email address
Make it yours.
- Open a long help article containing text you can select.
- Open Find and search for a word you can see on the page.
- Try a shorter word, then a longer phrase, and compare the matches.
What changed when you tried it?
A little nudge
Use the browser shortcut, not the website’s main search box.
What to look for
The browser highlights matching text and lets you move between matches on the current page.
Take it one small step further
Search this article for “landmark” and read the surrounding sentence.
Find gets you to a passage; context tells you what it means.
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