Find

Phonology Assistant Help

To find a string of characters in the active word list:

Do one of the following:
- On the Edit menu, click Find.
- On the Data Corpus toolbar, Search toolbar, or Distribution Charts toolbar, click .
- Press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F.
The Find dialog appears.
In the Find What box, type the text you want to find.
In the Find in Which Columns list, select the check boxes for the desired columns. Select the Select All to select all the columns.
In the Options area, select the check boxes for the desired options (for example, Starts With).

If you select Use Regular Expressions, all other options become disables as the regular expression determines the search.

To find the next occurrence of the Find What text, click Find Next or press F3.
To find the previous occurrence of the Find text, click Find Previous on the Edit menu or press Shift+F3.
To cancel a search in progress, press Esc.
In the Find in Which Column list, when at least one, but not all, columns are selected, the state of the Select All check box is indeterminate (). When none of the columns are selected, the check box is cleared () and, when all of the columns are selected, the check box is selected ().
Some options do not make sense to use, such as Match Case if you search phonetic data.