# Search for Text in a Document

To search for specified text in a document

1. Open the document that you want to search. See Open for more information.

2. Use the CanFind property to determine whether the document is completely processed and can be searched.

3. Call the Find method without a search string specified to open a Find dialog box.

4. To perform a Find Next, call the `Find` method repeatedly with the original search term.

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