If you search for something that is too common, you'll get too many results, which defeats the purpose of the shortcut.
To get the most out of this shortcut, it's best to search for the shortest, most unusual string of text or words. On average, those who do know the Ctrl-F shortcut are about 12 percent faster in their searches than those who do not, which really adds up for people who spend a lot of time working on the computer.
In studies done by Dan Russell, a Google search anthropologist, about 90 percent of people don't know this shortcut - and it could be costing them. Ctrl-F or Cmd-F is a keyboard shortcut that allows a user to quickly find a word, phrase or symbol within text on a webpage or in a document.
