Finding Text in a Database

Another way to find information in a document is Quick search, which is a great way to find information in a view, such as your Mail Inbox view. Within all Notes databases, you can use Quick search to search and find the following:

  • Text within the document you are reading

  • Text within the first sorted column of documents that appear in views

To use Quick search, open the view you want to search and begin typing the word you want to find. Notes searches the first sorted column of the view for the documents that match in the database, not the entire document contents.

Another kind of search available in Notes is a full-text search, in which you use the Search Builder. This type of search looks through the contents of the ...

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