User Guide

Chapter 10 Searching
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Using the Search pane
You can use the Search pane to search for your files and folders. You can do basic searching by file
name or keyword phrase, and create advanced searches to narrow your results by folders, categories,
and image properties. You can also search for patterns in file names and find duplicate files.
To open the Search pane:
Click View | Search.
Search pane areas
The Search pane contains three areas to help divide your search criteria into distinct elements. When
creating a search, remember that the search tool will only return files that match all of the specified
criteria.
Files and Text
In the Files and Text area, you can identify what you are searching for, and where you want to search
for it.
| Searches for all items containing one or
the other of the search elements.
Cat|Dog includes all items with either
Cat or Dog in the search.
Cat+Dog|Kittens includes items that
contain both Cat and Dog, and those
that contain Kittens.
The Search pane will not return results for folders that are not cataloged in the
ACDSee database.
Search for files
or folders
named
Type a portion of the file or folder name for which you want to search, or select
a previous search term from the drop-down list. You can also use wild cards to
search for file name patterns. To exclude all non-image files, click the right-
arrow button beside the field and select Images only.