Notice that there are three headings in the navigation panel: Headings, Pages and Results. If you click on an occurrence in this panel, you will jump to its location in the document. This is to help you better identify the occurrence. Word will show you all occurrences of the word in the document, with each occurrence highlighted, and a small excerpt of the surrounding text in the navigation panel. When the Navigation panel opens on the left, type in the search word. Open your Word document, go to the Home tab and in the Editing group click Find. You can find occurrences of a word or phrase, or even a large chunk of text, in a document using the find function in Word 2016. Note: If a document contains regions that are protected, you might be unable to drag a section beyond the last protected region.

To change the heading's level or add a heading, right-click the heading, and then choose the action you want.

To move part of the document, click the heading and drag it to a new location.

You can also change the level of headings, and you can add new headings. You can move parts of your document around by moving them in the Navigation pane.

Click a result to see it in your document, or browse through all the results by clicking the up and down arrows.

In the search box at the top of the Navigation pane, type the text that you want to find.

When you do scroll through your document, Word highlights the page you’re on in the Navigation pane to show you where you are. Then click a thumbnail image to go to that page. To go back to the top, click Jump to the beginning.Ĭlick Pages. If you scroll through your document, Word highlights the heading in the Navigation pane to show you where you are. Tip: To show or hide the subheadings under a heading, click the arrow next to the heading.

To go to a heading in your document, click that heading in the Navigation pane.

In the Navigation pane, click the Headings.

The Navigation pane doesn’t display headings that are in tables, text boxes, or headers or footers. If you’ve applied heading styles to the headings in the body of your document, those headings appear in the Navigation pane. To open the Navigation pane, press Ctrl+F,

To go to a page or a heading in a Word document without scrolling, use the Navigation pane.

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