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Search View (SV)

The Search View is an extremely comprehensive search tool for all your PIM data. It provides wild-card support, extensive eld-by-eld searching, date spans, eld ltering, and full notes search - all user-controllable. The easiest way to search is to just type some text into the search text eld. Then tap on the green Search button. The results will start to stream in with a header detailing the number of items found. You can tap on one of the icons in the header to jump to the beginning of that item type in the list (e.g. if you tap on the tasks icon in the header, you will be taken to the beginning of the list of tasks found). Below the search text are four buttons detailing the data types being searched - Calendar, Tasks, Contacts, Notes, and Journal. You can select any combination of these. Note that the search does NOT trim spaces from your search text. There is a difference between Test Ed and Tested. The search is not case sensitive.

Wildcards
There are two wildcards that can be used: * (asterisk) and ? (question mark). The asterisk searches any number of characters. The question mark searches for one wildcard character. For example, Tes* will nd Tess, Test, or Testing Overview. Tes? will nd Tess or Test.

MultiSelect
The Search views list supports selecting multiple rows of different kinds of data. If you select different kinds of data, you get the option to delete the data or send it via infrared. If your selection includes Journal items, only the Delete option is enabled. Multiple selections of tasks or contacts offers their full selection of actions.

Search View Modes Menu (Search Parameters)

Pocket Informant supports many different search parameters including what elds to search, dates, privacy, and the ability to search Note contents.

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Sort By
Sorts the search results by the selected property. By enabling the Descending option, the sort order will be reversed.

Apply Search Text Only To

Tells Pocket Informant to only search in the selected eld.

Privacy
Filters the results by the Privacy setting of each item.

Completion
Displays items that are marked complete, incomplete, or both.

Use Soundex in Contacts

Soundex is a sounds like technology that allows you to nd contacts even if you are not sure of the spelling, so for example Smith will also nd Smyth. It is important to realize that Soundex will nd different results from a conventional search. To be sure of nding what you are looking for, it is good practice to try a search without Soundex rst, and then if that doesnt turn up what you want, try again with Soundex on. Very few items will remain hidden if you follow this approach.

Search Note Contents

Enables search in each items Notes. This option is not selected by default as it can slow down searches in some cases.

Date Options
Set date limits to search on. The date limits set in this dialog box apply only to appointments, tasks, contact anniversaries, contact birthdays, and journals. A quick-list is also available for often-used date ranges.