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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 select the
Find within Results
 button in the
Find Results
 dialog.

Fields & buttons

Text
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.
Date created
Enter or select dates from the drop-down menus to search for text created during a specific period.
In all drawers
Select this option to search in all drawers within FileCabinet CS.
Match whole field only
In drawer
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.
Fields to search
Mark or clear the checkboxes in this section to optimize a search using only relevant fields. For example, when searching using only the drawer ID and name fields, the search will be completed faster than if document information (such as drawer notes) is included in the search.

This article applies to:

  • PRODUCT: FileCabinet CS