Find/Replace not working? huh?

Ok - I know what I'm doing with a computer. I'm nearly an expert at Microsoft crap. I can code, encode, and edit like there's no tomorrow.

But all of a sudden, I can't "find" anything within my document!!!! What the heck?

I do a ctrl+F and type in a word, and I can clearly see the word on my screen RIGHT THERE. But it won't find it when I click the find button. I tried different words, spellings, anything. It won't FIND anything for me! I moved my cursor up to the top of the document, I changed all the settings, I don't have a clue why it won't 'find' anything and I have like, a billion instances of something that I want to replace!

HELP!!!!
What am I not thinking of????

This is ridiculous. I found it. After a day and a half of messing with it, I found it RIGHT after I posted. There is an option under "more" that says "No Formatting". I have no idea what formatting I had selected, but after clicking this, it works now.

I could scream.