To find a keyword or text in the file, you can use the Find function.
You can show the Find window in the following ways...
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Click the Edit | Find | Find menu
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Click the Find icon in the toolbar which looks like this:
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On Windows, press Ctrl-F
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On Linux, press Ctrl-F
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On MacOS, press Command-F
The Find window looks like this:
Type the text you want to locate in your file into the Find text box.
Check "Whole word" to match only against text that is a whole word.
For example, if you search for "cat", it will find a match against the words cat and catalogue. To match only against the word cat, check the "Whole word" option.
Check "Match case" if you only want to match text that has exactly the same case as your search term.
For example, if you search for "cat", it will find a match against the words cat and Cat. To match only against the word cat, check the "Match case" option.
Regular Expression (RegEx) pattern matching is a very flexible and powerful way of matching text.
More information on Regular Expression Syntax.
Press the Next or Previous buttons to search the file for the text you have entered. The search begins from the current place in the file. If you want to start the search from the top, press the Home key before you bring up the Find window.
If the text can't be found on the displayed page, the file is searched. A progress dialog will appear on the screen until a match is found.
As a general guide, the Find function will take about one minute to search through a 1GB file.
If a match is not found, a beep will be heard.
If a match is found the row on which the match occurs will be highlighted.
On Windows and Linux, to move to the next match, press the F3 key.
To move to the previous match, press the F2 key.
On MacOS, to move to the next match, press F3 or Command-G.
To move to the previous match, press F2 or Shift-Command-G.
To find the next highlighted line, press the F8 key
To find the previous highlighted line, press the F7 key
