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Searching for documents and text

In ActualDoc you can search for documents by name or by containing text.

To start search, activate Search Frame (using View menu) and specify search criteria:

Text: a text string you wish to find in documents
File name: a mask for file name. You can use optional template symbols * and ?.
Case sensitive (text): ActualDoc will search for text of exact case
Whole words only: search for text that satisfy to mask with whole words
Search in network documents: if checked, ActualDoc will scan network documents too
Search on removable media: if checked, ActualDoc will scan documents, places on removable media too (CD-ROM, floppy drives, ZIP drives, etc.)
Through the all base: if checked, ActualDoc will process all documents, otherwise - only displaying ones. This options is actual when you are using some filtering.

To start search specify some criteria and press Start Search button. When the search will be finished, ActualDoc will display it results (symbol in status line).