My find on page is not working. Help?

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My find on page is not working. Help?

For the last week my find on page thing/trick is not working. I have an Ipad 2 with the latest IOS.7 and when I type my word into the search/URL bar it won't find the word even if I know its on the page. If there is a word it accepts/finds, for lack of better term, and there are multiple of it, it only stays on the first one it finds and does not move to the next. It will move to the next word with some words but not a lot.

Can someone help?

iPad 2, iOS 6.1.2

Posted on Oct 12, 2013 4:41 PM

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Oct 12, 2013 6:08 PM in response to MJJWHITE92

I just want to make sure that we are on the same page here and that we are talking about the same procedure. In this example, I did a search for the words, Search Field.

I start a search for a word on a web page and I tap On This Page on the Safari screen. After tapping the words in the On this Page field I get what you see in the screenshot above.

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Oct 12, 2013 8:41 PM in response to Demo

see in this screenshot i have the word ship search and it say these is no match yet in paragraphs 3 and 4 have the word. if i search for something it will usually do something like this and not get a match or stay on the first match it finds and not move to the second when i tap next.

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Oct 12, 2013 4:48 PM in response to MJJWHITE92

Clear Safari, close Safari and reboot your iPad and then see if that fixes it.

Go to Settings>Safari>Clear Cookies and Data.

In order to close Safari, Double tap the home button and you will see apps lined up going left to right across the screen. Swipe to get to Safari and then swipe "up" on the app thumbnail to close it.

Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.

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Oct 12, 2013 8:30 PM in response to Demo

I get that too but if I click next to go to search field 2, the next one on the page mine won't move, It will stay at the first one I find. If you look at this screenshot, even though I have ship search and actually on the page, 2nd and 3rd paragraphs , it says no match.

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Oct 13, 2013 5:13 AM in response to MJJWHITE92

OK, I see what you are talking about and we are on the same page.

I suppose the next thing that I would try is to reset all settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset all settings. You will not lose any data or any media, but you will be returning the iPad device settings back to "out of the box" condition and all of your preferred settings will have to be re entered.

It is a little bit of a pain in the butt to reset all settings (I did it myself last night) but it can cure a lot of little OS issues and it's worth a try.

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Oct 12, 2013 4:56 PM in response to Demo

Nope. It did not work, I tried what you just wrote.

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MJJWHITE92 Author

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Oct 13, 2013 4:00 PM in response to Demo

I have just tried resetting al setting and even clearing cookies and data again and rebooting my ipad it nothing has worked so far.

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Oct 13, 2013 4:43 PM in response to MJJWHITE92

I have gone around a few other websites and one the one I use most often, Fanfiction.net, is the only one where it seems to be off. Is this my iPads fault or the websites?

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