FIND

Access FIND from the EDIT menu.  Use FIND to search the current text edit control, the one with the blinking caret, or catalog lists for matching text.

Here are the steps to follow with FIND when searching text:

	(1).  Make the text you want to search the current text.  Do this by tabbing the caret to the text edit control or by clicking in the text.
	(2).  Position the caret to the place where you want the search to start.  If any part of the text is selected, then following this is where the search will begin.
	(3).  Open the FIND movable dialog window.
	(4).  Type in the text you would like to FIND.
	(5).  Select the FIND NEXT button.
	(6).  If a match is found, FIND will highlight the text.  If no match is found, then FIND will beep the speaker.
	(7).  To FIND the NEXT match, press APPLE-SHIFT-F to search for the text in the FIND text control without having to open the FIND dialog.  You can also press APPLE-F, but this only opens the FIND dialog.

Here are the steps to follow with FIND when searching catalog lists:

	(1).  Make the catalog list window the top window.
	(2).  Select a list member for where you want the search to start.
	(3).  Open the FIND movable dialog window.
	(4).  Type in the text you would like to FIND.
	(5).  Select the FIND NEXT button.
	(6).  If a match is found, FIND will select the list member and redraw the list.  If no match is found, then FIND will beep the speaker and no members will be selected.
	(7).  To FIND the NEXT match, press APPLE-SHIFT-F to search for the text in the FIND text control without having to open the FIND dialog.  You can also press APPLE-F, but this only opens the FIND dialog.

FIND ROUTINES AND THE WILD CARD

FIND will match any number of characters, up to the entire text, with the wild card character.  Thus FIND uses the wild card differently than the CONTENT FILTER.  Carriage returns and space characters do not cause the wild card search to fail.  When FIND searches catalog lists, the search doesn't cross member entries, so that two or more records can't be matched from one FIND attempt.

For example:

FIND:
Apple releases 6.0 ?/92

FINDS:
Apple releases 6.0 to the public.

Everyone was very happy.  But was Apple?

Signing out on 10/14/92

Case Sensitive

If you select this check box before searching with FIND, then FIND will match the case of characters: upper or lower case.  Otherwise, FIND will match upper and lower case characters as if they were the same.

Find Memory

FIND will remember the text to search and the CASE SENSITIVE setting between FIND dialogs and FP sessions.