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Apple AppleWorks 5 : Windows 95/NT 4.0 User Manual

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To narrow your search, you can use relational operators (such as < and >),
enter values in multiple fields, or require that a record meet either one set of
search criteria or another. There are many ways to combine different search
methods. The following table provides some common examples.

For example, to find

In Find mode, do this
in the find request

Example

Only records that
contain a specific value

Type or select the value.

Only records that
contain a set of
specific values

Type or select the set of
values.

All records that contain
one or the other set of
values

Type or select the first value
or set of values and then
choose New Request from the
Edit menu. Enter another value
or set of values in the new find
request.

All records that do not
contain a specific value

Type <> before the value to
find records not including
empty fields. Or, type or select
the value, and then click the
Omit box to find all records
(including ones with empty
fields).

Records with a value
less than a specific
number

Type

<

before the value.

*

Choose Index from the Help menu and type the first few letters of the entry. Double-click the
entry and then double-click a topic.

In the Help index,

*

see:

E

New Request command

E

operators

Finds the Italian restaurants

Finds the Italian restaurants that
have been reviewed

Finds the Italian restaurants and any
restaurant in Calistoga

Finds all restaurants not in Napa

Finds restaurants with average meal
prices less than $10