# [Find] dialog box

If "Normal Search" is selected as search option to be used on Desk, this dialog box appears when you select [Find] from the [Edit] menu. Specify the search condition.
This dialog contains 5 tabs. You can narrow search scope by setting the contents of each tab. You can also search on the previous condition after reading them.

### [Name & Location] tab

Use this tab to specify a document name and a search location as search criteria.

### [Date & Size] tab

Use this tab to specify date and file size as search criteria.

### [Text] tab

Use this tab to specify string conditions as search target.

### [Document properties] tab

Use this tab to specify the properties of documents to search.

### [Frequently used conditions] tab

Use this tab to register the search criteria set in each tab into the list, or set the criteria registered in the list into each tab.
This section describes the menu of the [Find] dialog box and buttons.

## [File] menu

### [Open]

Opens the file selected in [Search result] in Viewer. If you specify [Character string] in the [Text] tab, the first page matched with the search condition appears. If you did not specify [Character string], the first page of the file appears.
Note
You can double-click a file name on the file list of [Search result] to open it.

### [Display Icon]

When you select a file from the file list, and then select this item, the folder where the file is located will open and the target document will be highlighted in the workspace.
Note
If the workspace is in list view, the target document will be in the selection state when you activate the Desk window.

### [Load the previous search conditions]

Reads the search conditions set in the previous search.

### [Save the result in CSV format]

Lists in CSV format information about the documents included in [Search result]. You can specify the items to be listed in the [Saving the search result] tab of [Setup DocuWorks Desk search] dialog box. In CSV format, document information is separated by comma (,). When you read this CSV file into spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel, document information is displayed in list format.

### [Save Documents]

Saves the document selected from [Search result] to the specified folder.

### [Create Shortcut]

Saves the document selected from [Search result] to the specified folder.

### [Close]

Closes the dialog box.

## [Edit] menu

### [Copy]

Copies the file selected from [Search result] to the clipboard. You can select more than one file at a time and copy them.

### [Delete]

Deletes the file selected from [Search result]. You can select more than one file as in copy operation. Deleted files are moved to the Desk's recycle bin.
Note
When you select files and press <Shift> + <Delete> key, then those files are deleted without moving to the recycle bin.

### [Select All]

Makes all the files listed in [Search result] to be in the selection state. You can also press the <Ctrl> + <A> key to do the same.

### [New Search]

Clears all search conditions entered before. You will be prompted with a message. Click [Yes] to clear the search conditions. Click [No] to keep the search conditions.

## [View] menu

### [View As Thumbnails]

Displays all the files listed in [Search result] in thumbnail view.

### [List View]

Displays all the files listed in [Search result] in list view.

### [Options]

Displays the [Setup DocuWorks Desk search] dialog box. You can set the location to save matched documents, shortcuts, and CSV files, and specify which items to be output in CSV format.

## Buttons

### [Find Now]

Begins the search according to the search conditions you specified.

### [Stop]

Cancels the search.

### [Close]

Closes the dialog box.

### [New Search]

Clears all search conditions specified before. You will be prompted with a message. Click [Yes] to clear all the search conditions. Click [No] to keep the search conditions.

### [Display Icon]

When you select a document in [Search result], and then select this button, the folder where the document is located opens and the document becomes highlighted in the workspace. If the document is in a binder, the binder will be in the selection state with the first page of the document displayed.
Note
If the workspace is in list view, the target document will be in the selection state when you activate the Desk window.

### [Open]

Opens the file selected in [Search result] in Viewer. If you specify [Character string] in the [Text] tab, the first page matched with the search condition appears. If you did not specify [Character string], the first page of the file appears.
Note
You can double-click a file listed in [Search result] to appear.

### [Narrow down from the search result]

Makes the documents listed in [Search result] to be search targets. But this function is ineffective for documents in a binder. The binder containing documents will be the search target.

### [Search result] list

Lists matched documents. By default, the list shows document name, folder name, document type, size, and modification date. If you click each bar, the files will be sorted in either ascending or descending order.
Note

- Items shown in [Search result] list can be specified in the [Search result list view items] tab of the [Setup DocuWorks Desk search] dialog box, which is displayed by selecting [Option] from the [View] menu.
- You can display up to 256 alphanumeric characters in each item of [Search result].
- You can drag-and-copy files listed as search result.