OpenOffice Tutorial: Find Text Fragments Backwards

How-To: OpenOffice Tutorial: Find Text Fragments Backwards

This example starts somewhere in the middle of the text document.
To find a word or text fragment backwards, click on the "Edit" menu.
Select the "Find & Replace" menu item.
The "Find & Replace" dialog appears.
Click in the "Search for" field.
Type the word or text fragment to search for.
To show more options, click on the "More Options" button.
To reverse the search direction, check the "Backwards" check mark.
Click on the "Find" button to execute the "Find" action.
Writer found the first occurrence of the text fragment towards the beginning of the document.
Click the "Find" button a few more times.
See how the higlighted text advances toward the beginning of the text document.

Find Text Fragments Backwards

This screencast teaches how to find words or text fragments moving backwards in the text document. You learn:

How to start a "Find & Replace" action.
How to enter the text fragment to search for.
How to view "More Options" in the "Find & Replace" dialog.
How to set the search direction to "Backwards".
How OpenOffice.org Writer highlights the next occurrence of the text pattern searched for.

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