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Introduction

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Choosing a Document

Reading a Document

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Searching for Text

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  Reading a Document

Searching for Text
Find Text dialog
The "Find Text" dialog is popped up by tapping the "Find ..." button in the Control Panel dialog or by tapping "Find ..." in the "Document" menu . The text in the entry field is initialized to the current selection in the document. If there is no selection, the field is initialized to the value it contained at the last text search. Modify this initial value as desired before searching. Note that text search uses caseless compare.

Check the "Backward Search" checkbox to cause a backwards search.

Tap the "Find" button with side label "From Start/End" to search for the text from the beginning (or end, if backward search) of the document. Tap the "Find" button with side label "From Selection" to begin searching at the current selection position. If the text is found, the document will be positioned to the first occurrence with the matching text reversed. If the text cannot be found, no text is reversed and an audible warning sound is made.

Tap the "Cancel" button to close the dialog without searching.

Text search also may be initiated using menus and hard keys. Initiate forward search for the current selection beginning at the selection by tapping "Find Forward" in the Document menu or by pressing hard key 2. Initiate backward search for the current selection by tapping "Find Backward" in the Document menu or by pressing hard key 1.

This searching for the selection can be handy for reading news group or email digests (concatenations of many messages). Just select a sequence of characters in a message header that appears in every message header (for example, "date:") and start smooth scrolling. When you have read enough of the current message, press hard key 2 and you will be positioned to the next message with scrolling still enabled.
 
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