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To open the search pane in the preview mode, use one of the following methods:

Click search_button Search at the top of the document view window.

Press Ctrl+F (command Cmd+F).

To search for data in a document, enter your request in the search bar. The search is started immediately after entering data in the field.

If necessary, customize the search parameters:

Check the Match case box to search for uppercase and lowercase letters.

Check the Match whole words only box to search for whole words matching the search query.

Select the search area: Search all sheets or Search current sheet. This option is available when searching through spreadsheet files.

If the search is successful, the number of results found will be displayed in the search pane.

In text documents and presentations, all found matches are highlighted in gray, and the fragment where you stopped viewing the search results is highlighted in yellow. In spreadsheet files, cells with found matches are highlighted in green.

To navigate between search results, use the following buttons on the search pane:

prev_result Previous result: Go to the previous search result found.

next_result Next result: Go to the next search result found.

To clear the search pane, click clear_search_query Clear button on the search pane.

To close the search pane, click search_button Search or press Esc.

Preview mode does not support searching in some formats of documents that were opened via a public or internal link. You can search only in the following formats:

Public links

.txt, .rtf, .dotx, .doc, .docx, .dot, .ott, .otp, .odt, .odp, .docm

.ppt, .pptx, .pot, .potx, .ppsx, .pptm, .pps

.pdf

Internal links

.xodt, .xott, .txt, .rtf, .dotx, .doc, .docx, .dot, .ott, .otp, .odt, .odp, .docm

.xods, .xots

.ppt, .pptx, .pot, .potx, .ppsx, .pptm, .pps

.pdf

 

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