1. A method of formatting an electronic document comprising at least two frames each containing searchable text, comprising: receiving a response containing the electronic document comprising the at least two frames each containing the searchable text; automatically designating one of the at least two frames as a default search frame based on a pre-existing specification of the default search frame, wherein the designation is made irrespective of a listed order of the frames; and rendering the electronic document for display; wherein the designated default search frame of the displayed electronic document is available to a user for conducting a search of the searchable text contained in the designated default search frame and wherein, absent a command from the user to search a different one of the at least two frames, a user request to perform a search is, by default, automatically initiated in the designated default search frame.