Office Navigation pane

[toast1]

With old Office, I could search for a word in a document, with Ctl F, then when found just do Alt F4, to close the search box.

Now there is a Navigation pane, which have to close manually, with a mouse, which I find very annoying. 

Is there any way to get back the old style search box, or close the Navigation pane without having to use the mouse?

Thanks

 

 

 

[MJKT2014]

Pressing Esc key closes search box for me.

[toast1]

thank you!

[toast1]

In old Word the search ox would close on closing the file, later versions keep it open, this is what  I found confusing.

Thank you

 

[Mutt Daeng]

Just for info, you can press CTRL-H to display the Advanced Find dialogue, thus bypassing the Navigation Pane. Esc closes the Advanced Find dialogue.