Using Find

Find is the most advanced search method in Meridian; it can find either documents or folders. It gives you complete flexibility for search scope, properties, and conditions. Find can include referenced documents in its results and its results can be saved and shared with other users.

To run Find:

1. Use one of the following methods:

• On the Edit menu, select Find.
• Click the downward pointing arrow next to the Find button on the Main toolbar and then select Find documents or Find folders. The command that you choose then becomes the default button in the toolbar.
• Press Ctrl+F.
• On the shortcut menu of a folder within which you want to search, select Find...

The Find Documents or the Find Folders dialog box opens, depending on which method you used to start the command. If you selected Find on a folder shortcut menu, search criteria are automatically typed in the dialog for you. The criteria match the contents of the folder where you started the search.

Note Depending on the value of KeepSearchSettings in the following registry key, your previous search settings are restored.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\AMFind\Settings

2. Click options and type text using the descriptions in the following topics.
3. After you have configured the search options that you want, click Find Now. If the search is successful, the dialog expands to list the results. Only the first 250 items appear in the list. Click 250 More to view additional items.
4. Select an item and click Details to show the thumbnail and a limited number of properties for the selected item. Double-click the thumbnail to open the selected document in a new viewer window. Double-click the property page to open a new Properties dialog box that shows all of the item’s property pages for viewing or editing.
5. Click the Go To button or double-click the item to close the dialog and to make the selected item the current item.
6. Click New Search to clear all selections and reset the dialog to its default settings, ready to begin a new search.
7. Click Save or Save As to save the current results as a collection. For details, see Creating and editing a collection.
8. Click Close to close the dialog.