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To find comments
1 Open the Find Comments window.
2 Set up the search criteria:
a Use the Comments tab if you want to search for a specific text, author, ID, or status.
b Use the Date Modified tab to only search for comments created within the specified timeframe.
c Use the Source tab to only search for comments attached to the selected sources.
3 Click Find.
To find redline tags
1 Open the Find Comments window.
2 Click the Source tab, select the Redline Tags check box, and clear the rest of the check boxes.
3 Use the Comments and Date Modified tabs to restrict your search further, if required.
4 Click Find.
Quick Reference
Comments Tab
Use this tab to restrict your search based on the comment data. If the boxes on this tab are left empty, the search
returns all comments within the criteria set on the Date Modified and Source tabs.
Text The exact text to search for in all comments. This can be a word or a few words. So for, example, typing
redline, and running a search, returns only the comments that contain a single “redline” word.
If you don’t know the exact content of the comment, you can use the wildcards. To match one single unspecified
character use the symbol ? (question mark). To match any number of unspecified characters either before or
after the text, use the symbol * (asterisk). For example, if you want to find all comments that contain some text
before and after the word redline, type *redline* in the Text box.
Author The exact author name to search for in all comments. Use the wildcards if you don’t know the exact
author name.
ID The exact comment ID to search for. You can only use numbers here.
Status Selects the comment status to search for.
Match Case Select this check box if you want the search to respect lower and upper case characters in the search.
Date Modified Tab
Use this tab to specify a date range within which the comments must have been made.
All Comments The search returns all comments. This is the default option.
Between Select this radio button if you want to search for all comments modified between the specified dates.
During the Previous Months Select this radio button to locate all comments modified in the last X number of
months.
During the Previous Days Select this radio button to locate all comments modified in the last X number of
days.
Source Tab
Use this tab to restrict the search by the source that the comment is attached to. By default all check boxes are
selected.
Clash Detective Select this check box if you want to find the comments attached to Clash Detective results.
Clearing this check box excludes the comments related to clashes from the search results.
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