Search Tips

If you are looking for a particular word or LD number in a .pdf on our website, be it in a session day from the Legislative Record or in an entry in the Legislative Record Index, it may be easier to use one of the tools below instead of scrolling through reading the text of each page.

1. Keyboard Shortcut Find

Once you have opened the document in your .pdf reader by clicking on the file or link, press Control + the F key which opens the “Find” function in most applications, including browsers and Microsoft Office applications. To search for a word, type the word or phrase you are looking for in the form field.

When you press “Enter” or “Return”, the first instance of the word or phrase in the document will be highlighted, as below.

If you click on the right arrow found next to the search box, the next instance of the word searched will be highlighted.

2. Mouse Shortcut Find

Once you have opened the document in your .pdf reader by clicking on the file or link, click your right mouse button and select “Find” which opens the find function in most applications. To search for a word, type the word or phrase you are looking for in the form field. When you press “Enter” or “Return”, the first instance of the word or phrase in the document will be highlighted. If you click on the right arrow found next to the search box, the next instance of the word searched will be highlighted.

 

When you press “Enter” or “Return”, the first instance of the word or phrase in the document will be highlighted, as below.

 

 3. Adobe Search Tool  

If you have opened the .pdf in an Adobe product, you can search using the Adobe Search Tool. Click on the binoculars icon on the toolbar, enter the word or phrase for which you are searching, and press “Search”.

This search tool will list the number of results found within the document. You can access any of the results by clicking on them in the list.