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. Select Search in the main window or Editor.
2. Tell Author-it which text to find.

   

   You can use any of the following:

   • 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.
   • Select Match Case to find text with the specified capitalization. For example, if you search for "Most", Author-it won't find "most" or "MOST".
   • Select Whole Word to find complete words only. For example, if you search for "enter", Author-it won't find "entertain".
   • Select Keep results on top to save the search results in the object list. You can display the folder object list, publishing pane, or project list (if using Project Manager), then choose Save to display the search results list again.
3. Choose Find Now 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 in the Library Explorer window or the Editor's Search tab.

   Note: If Author-it could not find any matches, a message appears. Choose OK, then re-enter 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 Folders or Tasks with the found objects still displayed, so you can drag them into a folder or a task.