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  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#gedit-working-with-files"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-replace"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="1.0" date="2011-03-25" status="final"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Daniel Neel</name>
      <email>dneelyep@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
  </info>

  <title>Search for text</title>
    <p>The Find tool can help you find specific sequences of text within in your file.</p>
    <steps>
      <title>Finding text</title>
      <item><p>Open the <gui style="menu">search window</gui> by clicking <guiseq><gui>Search</gui><gui>Find</gui>
      </guiseq> or pressing <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>F</key></keyseq>. This will move your cursor to the start 
      of the <gui>search window</gui>.</p></item>
      <item><p>Type the text you wish to search for in the <gui>search window</gui>.</p></item>
      <item><p>As you type, <app>gedit</app> will begin highlighting the portions of text that match what you 
      have entered.</p></item>
      <item><p>To scroll through the search results, do any of the following:</p>
      <p>Click on the <gui>up</gui> or <gui>down</gui> facing arrows next to the <gui>search window</gui>
      </p>
      <p>Press the <key>up arrow</key> or <key>down arrow</key> keys on your keyboard</p>
      <p>Press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>G</key></keyseq> or <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>
      Shift</key><key>G</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
      </steps>

  <p>To close the <gui>search window</gui>, press <key>Esc</key>.</p>

    <note>
      <p>The text that you've searched for will remain highlighted by gedit, even after you have completed your search.  To remove the highlight, click <guiseq><gui>Search</gui><gui>Clear Highlight</gui></guiseq>, or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>K</key></keyseq>.</p>
    </note>

</page>
