Word 2013, text search highlighted on page but not in the scroll bar
In MS Word 2010, when I searched for some text, it highlighted both the text on page and the location in the scrollbar of a multi-page document. It does not highlight anything in the scroll bar in Word 2013. How do I return this functionality?
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May 1st, 2014 2:09pm

If you mean the browse arrows at the foot of the vertical scroll bar, then yes, they have been moved from Word 2013.However the Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down still work in Word 2013. Also the shortcut key Ctrl+G can also let you go the desired page.

In addition, don't you think it will be more convenient if you do the operation in the Navigation pane ?

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May 1st, 2014 11:27pm

Dear Wind,

Now, when I didn't get answer at several discussion boards like this I suspect, that I mistakenly attached this feature to MS Word, while indeed it is only found in web-browsers.

Google Chrome has it. I made a screenshot of what I mean:

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If similar feature was found in Word, that would be great.

May 2nd, 2014 12:26am

Navigation pane is useful, but in some cases, when I know approximately in which part of the document my search query is, highlighted marks in the scroll bar could be more convenient.
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May 2nd, 2014 12:28am

If you mean the browse arrows at the foot of the vertical scroll bar, then yes, they have been moved from Word 2013.However the Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down still work in Word 2013. Also the shortcut key Ctrl+G can also let you go the desired page.

In addition, don't you think it will be more convenient if you do the operation in the Navigation pane ?

Wind Zhang
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May 2nd, 2014 3:24am

I'm sorry but I can't access the URL you provided(Have already remove blanks).
And I think there is no such a feature in word as you described.

Best Regards,
Wind

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May 5th, 2014 6:30am

It was also once a firm design goal in Office to provide multiple ways to complete tasks so users could choose what worked best for them. In cases where I need the Navigation pane out of view but want to repeat searches up and down a document or search by object type (e.g. tables), having those handy buttons on the scroll bar would be, well, very handy.

Odd to see 'wasted real estate' forced on users via the pane in favor of 'saving' real estate on the scroll bar?

March 25th, 2015 10:41am

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