User Guide

About Searching
You can search a folder or directory for files by file
name or keyword phrase. If you search by both file
name and a keyword or phrase, then an item must
include both criteria to match.
To search for an item:
1. Do one of the following:
• Click Edit | Search.
• Select the Search tab.
• Right-click any directory, folder,
archive, or album and select
Search.
2. Do one or both of the following:
• Type one or more file names in
the Search for files named
box.
• Type a keyword or phrase in the
With the text box.
3. In the Look in text field, click the drop-
down arrow and do one of the following:
• Select a directory.
• Click Browse and locate a folder.
• Select Current Folder.
4. Click the Right Arrow button next to the Search for files named, With
the text and Look in text boxes and select or clear the search options in
the drop-down boxes that you want to use to modify your search.
5. To narrow the search further, select one or more advanced options.
6. Click Start.
The Filter options may affect which items are displayed in the search
results. Check what filters you have selected to make sure that the
items you are searching for are displayed in the results.
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You can search by
file name, keyword,
type, date, author,
image properties,
description and
metadata. In the
ACDSee Browser
bar, select the Search
pane.