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How does "cntl F", "find" work? nothing happens when I hit cntl F or click on find in the edit menu

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Upon displaying a web site after a search, I want to look for the word or phrase in the displayed page/s and in IE I just hit cntl F or find from the edit menu. It shows in the edit menu, but nothing happens when I use either method.

Upon displaying a web site after a search, I want to look for the word or phrase in the displayed page/s and in IE I just hit cntl F or find from the edit menu. It shows in the edit menu, but nothing happens when I use either method.

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Does the Find Bar not show at the bottom of the Firefox window as shown in the following?
See: https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Searching+within+a+page



In addition to your question, your list of plugins indicates that you have installed plugins with known security issues. You should keep your plugins updated.

  • Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
  • Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_21 for Mozilla browsers
  1. Check your plugin versions: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/
    • Note: plugin check page does not have information on all plugin versions
  2. Update Shockwave Flash
  3. Update Java:
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