![]() Windows users write this as “Ctrl-F” or “Control-F.” Mac users write “Command-F” instead. Press F, for Find, and type what you’re looking for in the field that appears.Hold down the Control key, labelled Ctrl, bottom left of your keyboard.Click in the body of the web page you want to search.Want to find a word or phrase in a long web page without reading the whole thing? Here’s what you do: ![]() ![]() In fact it’s always worth a try – except, sadly, in Microsoft Outlook itself, where it means Forward (an email). Not just web browsers, actually, it works in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other products, and the free equivalents of Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird and its calendar, Lightening. One problem with search forms is their accessibility a common design practice is not to provide a label for the search field (although there might be a magnifying glass icon or similar), as the purpose of a search form is normally fairly obvious for sighted users due to placement (this example shows a typical pattern). His stunning observation: only 10% of Internet users know about every browsers’ Find function, Ctrl-F. However, this blog is all about helping Internet users get the most out of it, so an explanation might be helpful.īack in November 2011, Google’s usability guru, Dan Russell, provides the evidence, reported in New Scientist report. I can’t believe so many people don’t know about Ctrl_F. It seems that only 10% of Internet users know this productivity tip. ![]()
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