Google docs search problems

[tali1]

Unless i'm doing something wrong Google Docs, search feature is very general and only finds the Folder /document title it is in , it does not specifically pinpoint the word(s) -which can mean a lenghty trawl thru the folder to pick out the word -surely this ancient method cannot be right ?
Whereas google mail and the old google notebook(which docs replaced) search gets you right to the word searched

[vascop]

It searches OK for me. I have a lot of PDF files and i searched through them using the word spiral and it found all the pdf files with the word spiral in the text

[tali1]

Dunno what word spiral is!
Managed to search within doc from edit > find and replace function

[vascop]

"spiral" was just an example! All I'm saying is that if you search for a word it will look inside the documents to see if it can find that word and then give you a list of all the docs which contain that word.

[roxydianna]

You're doing something wrong. Google Docs is a very handy tool, everything you need is in the cloud storage and its search feature is very simple and effective. At least I trust Docs and the Drive, I prefer not to use other storage facilities. Also, in Docs, I like to store all my templates -- for instance, those I downloaded at https://docsandslides.com/googledocs/brochure-flyer/ . I can't help but mention - I find the voice input feature very helpful. It's a real lifesaver for me. When I get tired of typing, I can just dictate text. This feature alone makes this program indispensable.