User Guide

ACDSee™ Pro User Guide
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Using the Quick Search bar
You can use the Quick Search bar, located on the main menu in the ACDSee Browser, to quickly locate
files or folders. You can use the Quick Search options or basic operators to refine or expand your
search, and view the results in the File List pane.
To run a Quick Search:
1 Do one of the following:
• In the Quick Search bar, type the term or part of a word for which you want to search.
• Click the drop-down list beside the Quick Search field and select a previously entered search
term.
2Click Quick Search.
Quick Search operators
You can use the following operators to further refine or expand your searches in the Quick Search bar.
Note that a search term cannot begin with an operator; it must start with a word.
The Quick Search automatically searches in the Notes, Author, and Caption fields of
the ACDSee database. The Quick Search also searches in the Keywords, Caption,
Photographer, Headline, and Special Instructions IPTC fields.
Operator Result Examples
- Subtracts the search term that follows it
from the previous results.
Cat -Dog returns all items that contain
Cat, except those that also contain Dog.
Be sure to insert a space before the
minus sign. If you do not insert a space,
ACDSee will assume you are searching
for a hyphenated word.
+ Searches for all items containing both
the search term before and after the
operator. Those items that only contain
one of the terms, are excluded. The
Quick Search bar treats spaces between
words as + operators.
Cat+Dog or Cat Dog returns items
containing both Cat and Dog.
Cat+Dog+-Kittens returns items that
include both Cat and Dog, but not those
that include Cat and Dog and Kittens.