Saving, Renaming, and Exporting Search Results

The Quick Search window gives you several options for working with the results from your search.

Saving and reusing search results

The Quick Search window saves the results of each search you complete - you can go back to the results at any time during the current session, or keep them for future reference when you log into Author-it next time. This enables you to use the search criteria to "format" common or repeated searches (anything you need to check on a regular basis), then all you need to do is quickly refresh the search to show an updated results list.

After completing a search you can right-click on the search name to access the following options:

• Delete removes the search result from the Quick Search window.
• Rename the default search name to an easily identifiable reference.
• Refresh uses the criteria from the initial search to update the results - you can show new items that match the criteria or remove items that no longer match.

Exporting search results

You can also save and export the results as a comma separated values list which is opened using a spreadsheet (or you can choose another application). Use this option when you want to compare the results from different searches. To create the list simply select the search in the Quick Search Library Folder pane, then choose Export Results. Save the list to an appropriate location for later use.