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Chapter 12

Searching for and Displaying Images

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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 inspector.

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.

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 following sections about specifying search criteria.

Click the Query HUD

button next to the

Library name to search

across the entire library.