User Guide

ACDSee™ Pro User Guide
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Properties area
In the Properties area, you can identify file properties that you want to search for, and specify ranges
of values to include or exclude from your search.
To use the Properties area:
1 Below the Search file properties for field, click Add.
2 In the Add Search Criteria dialog box, select one or more properties on which to base your search.
3Click OK.
4 In the Properties area, click the hyperlinks to define conditional statements for each property.
5Click Start to perform the search.
With the text Type the text you want to search for within the ACDSee database. This can
include portions of a caption or keyword, or even the name of a folder or
category that might contain the files you want to find. When you search by
both file name and a keyword or phrase, an item is included in the search result
only when it includes both criteria.
To specify what parts of the database you want to search, and indicate how to
treat the text you type in the field, click the arrow next to the field and select
any of the following options:
• Find all words: only returns files that match all of the words you enter.
• Find whole words only: only returns files that contain the entire word,
exactly as you type it.
• Search in Caption: searches the Caption field of files in the database.
• Search in Keywords: searches the Keyword field of files in the database.
• Search in Notes: searches the Notes field of files in the database.
• Search in Categories: searches the Category assignments of files in the
database.
• Search in Folders: searches in the name of folders in the database.
Search in Select one of the following options:
• Entire database: performs a search on the entire ACDSee database. Note
that any folders on your computer that have not been cataloged are not
included in the search results.
• Specific folders and categories: performs the search only within the
categories and folders you specify. Selecting this option opens the
Categories and Folders area, where you can select the location and
categories in which you want to search.
Sync to
browser
settings
Imports the current Browser settings, including Selective Browsing settings,
into the Search pane. Note that this may also remove criteria from the Search
pane.