How do I search for words inside documents, rather than the title? I have OS 10.9.4 and have lost this feature a few OS updates back.

Sometimes titles do not match the content. If I have a bunch of files with similar title, i.e. Chapter 1, 2, etc., but I want to find the chapter with the jabberwock in it, I used to be able to type "jabberwock" and it would come up in my search window.  Now it's only finding titles. I have so many files on my puter that it's taking me forever to find important documents.  Where did they hide this feature??? Tearing my hair out.

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