In Word 2007, Find does not find anything.

[jeffwv62]

I've tried even copying text into the find box and it still will not find
anything in my document.

I have secretaries who reuse docs and need to find and replace items, but it
is not finding any matches.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Jeff

 

[Peter A]

I've tried even copying text into the find box and it still will not find
anything in my document.

I have secretaries who reuse docs and need to find and replace items, but it
is not finding any matches.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Jeff

Perhaps you have some formatting turned on - in other words, the find
is looking for text with a specific formatting. In the Find dialog box,
click the More button then click the No Formatting button. If this
button is not available, then this is not the problem.

 

[jeffwv62]

Check all of those options and none are turned on. Very frustrating.

Thanks.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Is this happening for ALL Word 2007 installations?

What happens if you start Word in safe mode? (press Ctrl as Word is loading,
then click Yes to starting in safe mode).

(Make sure that "Use wildcards" is not checked.)