# Find

## Description

Searches the currently opened document for the specified text. To perform a Find Next, call this method repeatedly with the original search term. If you specify an empty string for the `FindText`, a Find dialog box appears.

## Syntax

    bRet = KeyView.Find(FindText, FindDown, MatchCase)

## Parameters

Parameter | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
`FindText` | String | A string that contains the text to find.
`FindDown` | Boolean | Specifies whether to search from the selected point in the document to the beginning (`FALSE`) or to the end (`TRUE`) of the document.
`MatchCase` | Boolean | Specifies whether to match the case of the search term.

## Returns

Type | Description
--- | ---
Boolean | `TRUE` if the method succeeds. `FALSE` if the method fails.

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