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@@ -254,6 +254,15 @@ Function mode allows you to write arbitrarily powerful python functions that
 are run on every Find/replace. You can do pretty much any text manipulation you
 like in function mode. For more information, see :doc:`function_mode`.
 
+Search ignoring HTML tags
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+There is also a dedicated tool for searching for text, ignoring any HTML tags
+in between. For example, if the book has the HTML ``Empahisis on a
+<i>word</i>.`` you can search for ``on a word`` and it will be found even
+though there is an ``<i>`` tag in the middle. Use this
+tool via the :guilabel:`Search->Search ignoring HTML markup` menu item.
+
 Automated tools
 -------------------