Searching for Information on the Current Page

A web page can consist of a single paragraph, or it can run on for tens of thousands of words. Internet Explorer's Find feature enables you to search for words or phrases on the current page or within a selected frame. To begin, press Ctrl+F and enter your text in the Find dialog box shown in Figure 19.8.

Figure 19.8. Use the Find dialog box to search for text on the current page.

Note that the Find dialog box searches only text that actually appears on the page; it won't look at hidden text or HTML tags in the source for the page. To search for hidden text or tags, choose View, Source and use Notepad's ...

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