Chapter 7
Refine Your Search

As can be seen in both the String and Pattern search dialogue windows there are several options that allow you to refine your search strategy. These options include:

Case Sensitive

In Checked mode: search for case sensitive text to find, for example, all occurrences of 'Maureen', but not 'maureen';

In UNchecked mode: find all instances of both 'Maureen' and 'maureen'.

Finds

Again there are two options to choose from. You can search for all instances of a word or phrase or search ONLY for the first occurrence. Pretty straight forward, eh! Except I've never been able to figure out when finding only the first occurrence would be useful!! Let me know if you figure it out!

Whole Word or Phrase Only

Checked mode: the search results are restricted to the exact phrase. The results will not find your search word embedded in a larger word, e.g., searches for 'child' will not also find 'children';

UNchecked mode: the results will include both 'child' and 'children'. This is useful when searching for a root word/concept with a variety of endings.

Screen Display

Finds and Statistics:
This generates a new text search node on the Node Explorer and a text search Report. ONLY the Report will show you the statistics generated by the search. It will show you the search term, the name of the document followed by the Text Unit Number and the associated text unit with the found term. The text unit and number are shown for each occurrence of the term in the document. This is followed by a Summary Statistic which includes the found text units out of the total number of text units containing the search term - which is then expressed as a percentage, e.g.: 137 text units out of 17384, = 7.8%

Query Each Find:
This option allows you to assess each occurrence and make a choice to 'keep' or 'reject' each text unit in your search. It generates a query dialogue window like the one below in Figure 41.

Figure 41. Query Each Find in a Text Search

 

Summary:
For both Text and Pattern searches, selecting this option generates a new Text Search Node in the Node Explorer window. At the same time it also creates a new Text Search Report Summary (Figure 42) that gives a count of the found search terms for each document.
Note: The number of finds includes only one occurrence of the term per text unit. For example, if you are using Lines as your text unit, and the search term occurs twice on one line, the Summary Report will count this as one find.

Figure 42. Text Search Summary Report

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