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   Message 579 of 2,690   
   mark lewis to Vince Coen   
   find search string   
   19 Jul 15 11:15:10   
   
   19 Jul 15 13:14, you wrote to me:   
      
    >>>> i just discovered that the 'F'ind function seems to be broken in the   
    >>>> latest golded+... this is the first time that i've really   
    >>>> needed/wanted to use it... i was looking for messages from a certain   
    >>>> individual but none were ever found... i was searching, with 'F', for   
    >>>> 'john smith' without the quotes... nothing would be found... even if   
    >>>> i was currently on a message to or from john smith... if i searched   
    >>>> for just 'john' or just 'smith' then it worked... apparently the   
    >>>> search doesn't work with spaces??   
      
    VC>>> Entering F or ctl/F gives search on header and/or text on my   
    VC>>> version.   
      
    >> yes, but it is broken as i desscribed... search for this post by   
    >> looking for the phrase "for messages" without the quotes... let me know   
    >> if you find it...   
      
    VC> Agreed it does not find 'for messages'  but it does find '"for messages"'.   
      
    VC> [ searching for "for messages" ]   
      
   ok... so at this time, multi-word phrases have to be quoted...   
      
   any thoughts on the enhanced/advanced search capabilities i spoke of? no   
   quotes needed unless you are searching for quotes plus a lot more search   
   capabilities ;)   
      
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