Search for files by using file properties

Note   You cannot use a text object within a picture as search criteria.

1. On the toolbar, click Open .
   
   
2. In the Look in box, click the drive or folder you want to search.
   
   
3. In the folder list, double-click the name of the folder you want to search.

   Search for more than one folder at a time

4. In the Text or property box, enter words from one of the file properties for the file you want to search for.

   To search for a phrase such as "apple pie", enclose the phrase in quotation marks.

5. To search all subfolders of the selected folders and display the folder that contain the files that are found, click Commands and Settings , and then click Search Subfolders.
   
   
6. To search for files by specific or nontext file properties, click Advanced.

   Use the Advanced Find dialog box

7. To begin the search, click Find Now.

   To cancel a search, click Stop.