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The Viewer contains powerful search features which allow you to look for various types of text within text-enabled documents such as Word documents and PDF files.

Search Features

Within the Search feature, there are three levels of search:

1. Search by entering text in the Search Document text box:

2. Search using the Advanced Search Icons:

3. Search using the advanced Search Patterns:

 

Search Document Text Box

1. Enter the word(s) you want to search on in the Search Document text box and click Search (or press Enter):

2. The Viewer will return the results listing the page number in the left-hand viewing pane. Click on the result you want and the Viewer will display the page in the right-hand pane:

3. To clear the search results, click on the X in the Search Document text box:

Advanced Search Icons

Click on the list icon:

And the Viewer will display the Advanced Search icon bar:

You can search using the following criteria:

	Match Exact Word or Phrase - For example, you can search for an exact word "home" or a phrase "go home". If you enter an exact word, it has to be more than 2 characters.
	Match Case - For example, you can search for "Home" or "home".
	Whole Word - For example, you can search for "home" and the search results will return "home" and "homeschooled".
	Begins With - For example, you can search for "con" and the search results will return "content" and "continued".
	Ends With - For example, you can search for "ent" and the search results will return "document" and "content".
	Use Wildcards - For example, you can use the asterisk (*) and search for "*@domain.com" and the search results will return all email addresses that have "@domain.com" in them (i.e., jane@domain.com). You can also use the question mark (?) and search for "ra?e" and the search results will return "rate", "rake", "race", etc.  When you select the 'Use Wildcards' icon, it automatically disables the following icons: 'Whole Word', 'Begins With' and 'Ends With'.

1. Click on the search criteria icon you want to use:

2. Type the word in the Search Document text box and click Search (or press Enter):

3. The Viewer returns the results (for example, the Match Case icon was selected and the word Council was searched for):

4. To clear the search results, click on the X in the Search Document text box.

Advanced Search Patterns

Click on the list icon:

And the Viewer will display the Advanced Search Patterns drop-down list:

1. Click on the search pattern you would like to use (for example, click on Date and then enter the date in the Search Document text box) and click Search (or press Enter):

2. The Viewer returns the results:

3. To clear the search results, click on the X in the Search Document text box.

 

 

 

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