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Search in Word 2010

I have to regularly search through specific folders for documents that contain certain key words.  In Word 2003 this was a very simple operation.  Once the documents containing the key words I specified were found, I could open each document to see if that was what I was searching for.  If not, I could close that document, and go back to the search results to check another document.  In Word 2010, the search results are gone after I check a document, and I have to do the same thing all over again.  It seems the IMPROVED version of word is lacking some very important features that were part of the OBSOLETE versions of word.

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As Elemantal suggests, search is now handled by Windows. Open Windows Explorer, select the desired folder, and type the search text in the search box (top right). Search is usually quite fast, and you can open and close the documents in the search results without closing the Explorer window.
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Last updated October 5, 2021 Views 325 Applies to: