Using Wildcard Characters and Switches in Advanced Finds and Rules

These wildcard characters and switches are available in the Advanced Find dialog box and the Define Conditions dialog box only when you’ve selected certain fields that require you to type additional text. They are applicable only when you select the [ ] Contains operator.

Wildcard Character(s) and Switches

What the Find or Rule Will Match

AND, &, or a space

All items that meet two or more conditions. For example, mountain & goat, mountain AND goat, and mountain goat all find items containing the words “mountain” and “goat.”

OR or |

All items that meet one of two or more conditions. For example, mountain goat and mountain OR goat both find items containing “mountain” or “goat” or both words.

NOT or !

All items containing one condition but not the other. For example, mountain ! goat and mountain NOT goat both find items containing the word “mountain” but not the word “goat.” Items that contain both are not included.

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All text found within quotation marks. For example, “mountain goats” finds all items containing the phrase “mountain goats.” This does not work with documents or document references.

?

Matches any one character. For example, jo?n finds all items containing the word “john,” “joan,” “join,” and so on.

*

Matches zero or more characters. For example, mountain* finds all items containing the words “mountain,” “mountains,” “mountainous,” and so on.

/NOCASE (default)

Items containing a specific word, regardless of case. For example, /NOCASE ZOO finds both “Zoo” and “zoo.”

/WILDCARD (default)

Items containing the search terms where * and ? are treated as wildcard characters. For example, /WILDCARD jo?n finds “john”, “joan”, and “join.”

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