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Searching using either the Search Box, or the Search Dialog.

Using the SearchBox

Enter text in the SearchBox to display only records matching the search.

Refresh search - display only the rows that match the search criteria
Clear the search - display all records.
Previous page of results
Next page of results
Decrease the number of rows on the current page
Increase the number of rows on the current page


 Change the size of the Search Box using  Right Click    Make Larger 
- Right-click inside the Search Box to access this Menu.



Search Operators       (use as many as needed)
harry sitch     Search for persons that match both harry  AND  Sitch
harry  OR  sitch     Search for persons that match harry  OR  Sitch
harry ~sitch     Search for persons that match harry but  NOT  Sitch.       There is no space after ~
 Note, you can't combine both  AND  ,  OR  in the same query.


Example  Search for "harry sitch" shows persons that match Harry  AND  Sitch.



Example  Search for "Sitch ~Harry" shows all the Sitches but  NOT  Harry
The  NOT  is entered using ~



Searching using Dates
<1700      Birth date before 1700
>1800      Birth date after 1800
 b <1700      Birth date before 1700
 b >1800      Birth date after 1800
 d <1700      Death date before 1700
 d >1800      Death date after 1800
 m <1700      Marriage date before 1700
 m >1800      Marriage date after 1800
 There is no space between  m  and <

Example , to search for all the Sitches with the marriage date between 1800 and 1900
m>1800 m<1900 sitch



Enter as many search terms as needed, although we used 2 in these examples, there is no limit on the number of search terms.



Magic Search Terms

The following special terms are supported
@media  Search for persons with Media
@note  Search for persons with Notes
@source  Search for persons with Sources
@todo  Search for persons with TODO's

  Right Click  inside the search dialog to see the magic search terms listed under the  Terms  menu

Example , to search for all the Sitches with a portrait before 1960
@portait sitch <1960



Example , to search for all the Sitches with  no  notes and birth date before 1900
~@note sitch <1900




Searching Columns

Search on any of the displayed columns in the table.
 Only displayed columns can be searched on.
Right Click    Change Displayed Columns 



Show the search dialog, then enter text using  Right Click    Search Displayed Columns 



  Press to clear the search.
 Range often works best for searching dates.



Searching a date range between 1700 and 1800