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To select a bookmark
| 1. | Select the relevant list from the File menu. |
| 2. | Select the category. In mode click on:  |
| 3. | Select the relevant subcategory. In mode click on:  |
| 4. | Select the title of the bookmark you want. |
Simple search
To search for a bookmark, type the text to search for in the search box at the bottom of the program window, then press Enter/Return or press F3 or click on the Search button  . Items not matching the search term are grayed and the first match is selected.
Press F3 (Find next) to skip forwards through the search results, and Shift+F3 (Find previous) to skip backwards through the search results.
To turn the search results highlighting off, or back on again, type Ctrl+F or click on the Search button  again. Highlighting is automatically turned off when Bookmark Buddy is minimized.
By default a simple search looks for matches in titles, notes and keywords; it is case-insensitive, matches partial words (e.g. ‘news’ will match ‘newspapers’ and ‘BBC News’), ignores spaces (e.g. ‘Buy Domains’ will match ‘BuyDomains’) and exclude SmartFolders; and results are displayed by graying the non-matches in the main application window.
To change the default settings for ‘simple’ searches:
| 1. | Select Simple from the Preset drop-down list at the bottom of the advanced search window (see below). |
| 2. | Make any changes you want to the search settings. |
| 3. | Select Custom from the Preset drop-down list (so that you do not change the simple search settings when you next do an advanced search). |
Advanced search
To open the advanced search window, either:
| • | Right-click on the Search button . |
| • | From the Edit menu select Search. |
The advanced search allows you to set a wide variety of options and filters for your search:
| • | restrict searching to specific fields |
| • | set case-sensitive or whole word matching, ignore spaces |
| • | choose whether search results are displayed by highlighting (graying non-matches) or as a list |
| • | search all lists until a match is found |
Preset searches
You can store search settings for later re-use:
| 1. | Set up your search (typically with the Custom preset selected). |
| 2. | Click the + button to the right of the Preset drop-down list. |
| 3. | Enter a name for the preset. |
To re-use the search in future, simply select it from the Preset drop-down list. Note that the search word/phrase is stored with your own presets, unlike for the default presets, Custom and Simple.
Tips
| • | Leave the Search for field blank if you just want to filter results. |
| • | Use keywords to label or tag bookmarks in the same way that you tag or label your digital photos. |
| • | Assign unique, short keywords to commonly-used bookmarks. To ensure uniqueness, include an uncommon character (e.g. ~, #, [, ], {, }). So, for example you might create short abbreviations ending with a ‘#’: goo# (Google), oe# (Outlook Express), bbcn# (BBC News). |
| • | Use advanced search to create export lists: select Mark found from the Edit menu, then Export from the File menu, then check Include only marked bookmarks on the Export dialog window. |
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