Navigate selected Style occurrences

In the Styles Pane (not the Styles QAT) are the listed Styles. When I choose the down arrow associated with a particular Style an option to Select All XY Instance(s) appears. This is useful for obvious reasons. However, when the Styles are indeed Selected and the document scrolls to the first occurrence how does one then scroll to the next or previous occurrence? The solution is not in the Find tool because for whatever reason it does not include all Style options within its abbreviated Styles list.

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You could use the Find facility in the Find and Replace dialog.  In that dialog, click on More and then from the Format drop down, select Style and then the Style that interests you in the Find Style dialog.  Leave the Find what control empty and then click on Find Next. 

The Find and Replace dialog is Modal, which means that it is not necessary to close it to be able to work on the document itself though you do have to click twice in the document to return the focus to it. 

To see more of your document, reduce the size of the Find and Replace dialog, by clicking on the Less button.

Remember to go back and click on No Formatting to remove the selected Style from the dialog if you want to use the Find and Replace facility for other purposes.

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
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It would appear that what you are searching for is not a style (all styles are listed in the Find dialog) but "formatting." That being the case, I think you may have no option but to scroll through the document to locate the other instances. If you are wanting to perform some action on these paragraphs, however, you can of course do so while they are all selected.
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