Finding Clips

Use the Find command to display all clips in a list whose names contain a particular word or phrase.

To find and display clips in the Clip List:

1 Do one of the following:

Click the Clip List menu and choose Find.

– or – 

Press Command+Shift+F (Mac) or Control+Shift+F (Windows).

 

Find Clips dialog

2 In the Find Clips dialog, do any of the following:

Select By Name and type the name, or any portion of the name, for clips you want to find. The search string appears at the top of the Clip List.

Select Include Subsequently Added Clips to limit the display to newly added clips. A plus (+) sign appears at the top of the Clip List to indicate this option is selected.

Select both options to start with a list of named clips and allow display of added clips.

 

Found Clips in the Clip List

Clips of any type whose name match the word or phrase you searched are displayed in the Clip List. The search string is displayed at the top of the Clip List in brackets.

Text entered into the Find dialog is saved in a Find History, letting you quickly repeat previous searches with a minimum of retyping.

3 Click OK.

To repeat a previous search:

1 Click the Clip List menu, and choose Find.

2 Click the small arrow to the right of the text field in the Find dialog and select a text string from the Find History pop-up menu.

 

An example of a Find history

The Find History is saved with the session.

In addition to storing each text string previously entered, you can insert multiple entries into the Find History manually (without having to perform each Find in order to store words or phrases).

To compile a Find History without performing each search:

1 Click the Clip List menu, and choose Find.

2 Type the name, or any portion of the name, for the clips you want to find.

3 Click and hold the double arrow to the right of the text field in the Find dialog and choose Insert Entry from the pop-up menu.

 

Clip List while searching

4 Type another entry and choose Insert Entry again to add additional search strings to the history.

To remove an entry from the history:

1 Select it from the Find History pop-up menu so it is displayed in the text field.

2 Choose Remove Entry from the Find History pop-up menu.

To clear the Find History:

Choose Remove All Entries from the Find History pop-up menu.