Is it a feature or a bug that F9 isn't searching in the defined direction (up) and only down?
It is a feature :)
F9 forwards and SHIFT+F9 backwards :)
They should actually just remove the tick box for up or down
They should, because my understanding for previous is the opposite direction of the current up/down selection.
Otherwise it's "Next up" and "Next down"
They should remove Shift-F9 and iwork like notepad.