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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.
TimeLiner Select this check box if you want to find the comments attached to TimeLiner tasks. Clearing this
check box excludes the comments related to TimeLiner from the search results.
Viewpoints Select this check box if you want to find the comments attached to viewpoints. Clearing this check
box excludes the comments related to viewpoints from the search results.
Redline Tags Select this check box if you want to find the comments attached to tags. Clearing this check box
excludes the comments related to tags from the search results.
Selection Sets Select this check box if you want to find the comments attached to selection and search sets.
Clearing this check box excludes the comments related to selection and search sets from the search results.
Quick Find Comments
To locate comments that match a specified search term quickly, use the Quick Find Comments feature.
To quickly find comments
1 Click Review tab ➤ Comments panel.
2 In the Quick Find Comments text box, type in the string to search for in all comments. This can be a word
or a few words.
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