Thread: [Solved] Word 2013 does not search text in footnotes unless I first click in a footnote
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Old 11-18-2015, 01:56 PM
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Are you searching via the Navigation pane (Ctrl+F in recent versions of Word)? It should find text inside footnotes without problems.

Try searching via the Find and Replace dialog box (Ctrl+H). Make sure that "Search" is set to "All" and see if your search is more successful.
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