Find dialog [Edit menu]

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Use this dialog to search documents stored in FileCabinet CS for certain characteristics. FileCabinet CS searches the following information, based on your selection.

  • Drawer ID
  • Drawer name
  • Drawer notes
  • Document name
  • Document description
  • Document page notes
  • Date of document creation
  • Name of user who created document
  • Description entered in the Scan Pages and Image Groups dialog
  • Keywords entered in the Document Properties dialog.

FileCabinet CS displays results of searches in the Find Results dialog.

To open this dialog, choose Edit > Find, or press CTRL+F. This dialog also opens when you click the Find within Results button in the Find Results dialog.

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Enter text for which you want to search. FileCabinet CS returns results containing the text string you enter. To narrow your search further, you may want to mark the Match whole field only checkbox.

Enter or select dates from the drop-down menus to search for text created during a specific period.

Select this option to search in all drawers within FileCabinet CS.

Select this option to search in a drawer that you select from the adjacent drop-down list.

Mark this checkbox to search only for text that matches all of the text in a particular field. The text you enter in the Text field, or your selections in the Find what section must exactly match the text in the searched field to obtain a valid search result.

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