Searching for Objects

Most of the time, you'll find objects by using the Folder tab of Author-it's Library Explorer, or you'll open them from inside another object. When you want to find a related set of objects (especially when they're in more than one folder) or a specific object that you don't know the location of, use Author-it's Object Search feature.

Note: Although you can use Object Search to find all objects which contain certain words, if you want to highlight the word, you should use Author-it's Find & Replace Text feature for that.

To Search for an Object

1. Switch to the Search tab of the Library Explorer window.
2. Tell Author-it which text to find.

   

   Use the Advanced Search to restrict your search criteria.

   • Type * to represent a combination of characters, including no characters.
   • Type ? to represent any single character.
   • Use "And", "Or" and "Not" to specialize your search.
3. Choose the Find Now button to start searching. Most searches take a matter of seconds. Exactly how long this takes depends on the number of objects in your Library, which search criteria you have specified, and the performance of your computer.
4. The objects found as a result of your search are shown as usual in the Library Explorer window.
   • If Author-it could not find any matches, a message appears. Choose OK, then reenter your criteria and try again. Use the Advanced Search to restrict your search criteria.
5. You can work with each found object as usual, and you can switch to the Folders or Tasks tabs with the found objects still displayed, so that you can drag them into folders or tasks.