To stop searching and stay at a selected result, click the “X” button at the right end of the search bar. However, a “# results” line always appears under the search bar with upward and downward facing arrow buttons to its right that you can click to individually navigate through the matching results. If there are too many matching results, they may not all appear in the “Results” section of the Navigation pane. You can also click the “Results” section below the search bar in the Navigation pane to list the matching results in the Navigation Pane.
Matching results appear highlighted in your document. As you type the term, Word then automatically searches your document for matching text entries. To search for text in your document using the Navigation Pane in Word, type a search term or phrase into the search bar in the Navigation Pane.
How to Find Text Using the Navigation Pane in Word To close the Navigation Pane in Word, choose the “Close” command from the drop-down menu or click the “X” in the upper-right corner to close the Navigation pane. Then adjust the width of the pane by clicking and dragging with your mouse. To resize the Navigation Pane in Word, choose the “Size” command from the drop-down menu or hover your mouse pointer over the separator between the pane and the main work area of the application window until the mouse pointer then turns into a horizontal, two-pointed arrow. You can leave the pane floating or you can dock it to either the right or left side of the application window by dragging it to the right or left sides of the application window until it docks itself to that side of the window. If you release the mouse button when it is over the document area, it then appears floating over the document area. Then simply click and drag the pane with your mouse to move it. To move the Navigation Pane in Word, choose “Move” from the drop-down menu or hold your mouse over the title area of the pane until it turns into a four-pointed arrow. A drop-down menu of choices then appears. To move, resize or close the Navigation pane in Word, click the small downward facing arrow in the upper-right corner of the pane. How to Move, Resize, and Close the Navigation Pane in Word By default, the Navigation pane appears at the left side of the application window.
If using “Read Mode,” then select the “Navigation Pane” choice from the “View” tab’s drop-down menu, instead. For all document views other than “Read Mode,” then check the “Navigation Pane” checkbox in the “Show” button group. To show the Navigation pane in Word, click the “View” tab in the Ribbon. The Navigation pane in Word lets you quickly search or navigate through your document.
There’s an app for Windows as well as Android and iOS, so you can snap the picture with any of your devices.The Navigation Pane in Word: Overview How to Show the Navigation Pane in Word With Office Lens, you can snap the picture and save it directly into one of your OneNote notebooks. OneNote is a great place to save everything for later, so you don’t have to worry about digging through your file system to track down the picture of that whiteboard brainstorming session. The Office Lens app will let you instantly save a photo to your OneDrive. Once you’ve connected your OneNote account to Feedly, you’re able to save articles directly to one of your OneNote notebooks. Feedly Derek Walter/IDGĪn RSS reader may sound like something from a bygone era, but a tool like Feedly helps you stay atop of news and other online sources without getting lost in the chaos of social media. This process lets you find and clip what you need without bothering with the add-on extension. You can then clip the page directly into OneNote. On any webpage, touch the pen icon and you’ll be able to mark up the contents with a stylus, Surface Pen, finger, or even the mouse/trackpad.
Microsoft’s Edge browser may not be as popular as Chrome, but it offers its own deep level of integration with OneNote. Microsoft Edge integration Derek Walter/IDG