In the past I’ve done several posts here on various keyboard shortcuts. You can find them by doing a search or click on SHORTCUTS here to get a page with links to posts on this blog.
'On This Page (10 matches)' Find 'Siri' Just hit the specific word and it will be highlighted on the webpage, and you will also see the matching result at the bottom. Now, you can use the upward/downward arrow to navigate to the highlighted word on the page. There is another way to search a webpage in the stock web browser. Mar 29, 2019 How to Search for a Word on a Webpage. Nearly every web browser comes with a Find tool, which allows you to scan the page for matching words or phrases. You can also use Google's advanced search operators to. Apple added this 'Find on Page' feature way back in iOS 4.2, but at that time, Safari had an independent search bar next to the URL bar. Safari was then upgraded with a unified search bar in iOS 7, but the method for finding text on a webpage remained basically the same, and it still is to this day.
One of the most useful shortcuts is one I rarely remembered until recently. That is “Find” – Control>f (on Windows); Command>f on the Mac the easy way to search for a word or phrase on a web page, in a Word document and/or even in an email post.
Thank you for clarifying that. You can search a webpage in Safari for text by entering the text you are searching for in the search field and viewing the entries under 'On This Page': Search the page. Scroll to the bottom of the suggested results list and tap the entry under On This Page. Tap to see the next occurrence on the page.
Since so many people are using iPads, I went on a search to see if individual web pages could also be searched for specific words or phrases when using the iPad. I was excited to learn that, in fact, Safari web pages do have a search function within them.
Following is what I discovered (from the Tutorial that I plan to include in my upcoming book with Interviews with Seniors Using iPads):
How to Search a Web Page on the iPad –
Open the web page on which you want to do a search for a word or phrase. In the example below I had TechnologyforSeniorsMadeEasy.com/communicating-for-seniors/how-to-easily-save-voice-recordings-and-photos-using-evernote/
STEPS:
1 – Tap the URL to highlight it. You may need to do a “select all” and “cut.”
1 – Tap the URL to highlight it. You may need to do a “select all” and “cut.”
2 – Then type your search word or phrase in that space. For this example I typed “recording.”
3 – The search gives options to go to various web pages AND as you go down the page you’ll see an “On This Page” option, with “Find “[your search word or phrase]”. To the right you will see either “no matches” or the number of matches.
4 – Simply tap on “Find….” and you will be back on the page with all of the words or phrases for which you searched highlighted.
5 – Note: At the bottom of the page, on the left, there are brackets, < >, and a notation on the number of matches found. You can either scroll down the page to look for other highlight OR tap a “move right” or “move left” symbol to be take to the next or previous word or phrase.
6 – Note also: In the box on the right the word or phrase for which you searched is in a search box. You can “x” out the work for which you searched and add a new one to continue your search on the page.
Continuing from here, I then checked my iPhone to see if, and how, we can do a search on individual web pages on the iPhone. What I found, follows:
How to do a Word Search on a Safari Web Page on the iPhone
Instructions are very similar to those for the iPad. External graphic cards for mac. The main difference is that there is not the added search option once you are back on the page.
Instructions are very similar to those for the iPad. External graphic cards for mac. The main difference is that there is not the added search option once you are back on the page.
1 – Go to the web page. For this example I am on a page on PhotographyandTransformation.com, another of my websites.
2 – Highlight the URL at the top of the page and “cut” it.
3 – Then type in your search word or phrase. I used “treasure” for this page.
4 – The first results you will see are for web pages with that term or phrase. Do NOT tap “Return”. It will take you to the search for various sites.
5 – Move down to the “On This Page”. Tap on that which brings you back to the original page from which you started.
6 – Again, your searched for word or term is highlighted. Use the “move” symbols at the left on the bottom of the page to navigate through.
7 – Tapping on “Done” will remove all of the highlights.
How to scan mac for virus yosemite. 8 – If you want to search for something else on the page, repeat the above process.
NOTE: To be inspired, learn how 30 seniors (from 67 to 101 years old) are using iPads or other electronic devices in my Amazon Kindle book REAL SENIORS USING IPADS. To read the 20 plus 5 Star reviews and see inside the book, click or tap on REAL SENIORS USING IPADS
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