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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. Pause and search results will be shown. Items not matching the search term are grayed and the first match is selected.
Press Enter/Return to open the first selected bookmark.
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, type Ctrl+F or click on the Search button  again. Highlighting is automatically turned off when Bookmark Buddy is minimized.
To highlight search results again, click on the Search button  or type Ctrl+F .
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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