Apple Aperture - Manual (Page 253)

Chapter 12 Searching for and Displaying Images 253
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Searching Across the Entire Library
At times, you may want to search for images that reside in many different projects. For
example, you might want to locate all your select photos for an entire year or for a
particular month. To search across the Library, you click the Query HUD button beside
the Library name.
To search for images across the entire Library:
1 Select Library in the Projects panel.
2 Click the Query HUD button beside the Library name.
3 When the Query HUD appears, enter or select the search criteria you want.
The results of your search appear in the Browser.
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Tip: You can further refine the results of the Library search by clicking the Query HUD
button beside the search field in the Browser. The Browser’s Query HUD appears, and
any search criteria you specify change the results you see in the Browser.
For information about entering search criteria in the Query HUD to perform different
kinds of searches, see the sections about specifying search criteria that follow.
Searching by Image Name, Caption, or Other Text
You can search for images using any text that you’ve associated with an image. For
example, you might search for images based on text in an image’s caption or keywords,
or in any other text entry. You can also search by multiple text entries.
To search for images by text:
1 In the Projects panel, select a project or an album you want to search.
2 Show the Query HUD by doing one of the following:
 Choose Edit > Find (or press Command-F).
 Click the Query HUD button beside the search field in the Browser.
Click the Query HUD
button next to the
Library name to search
across the entire Library.