How do I do a "Match ALL" and not an "OR"

[karelowe]

I am trying to Match ALL (Two items on the far right) but the search always brings up an "OR"......I don't know how to change it to an "AND". Thanks for any help.

[AVux!2021]

I have always had problems with the "Quick Search" feature. If I enter Emily and George I want to see photos that have both of them in them but I get photos that have either Emily or George in them. Would've thought Ver 9 would have corrected this.

[hw3]

I am trying to Match ALL (Two items on the far right) but the search always brings up an "OR"......I don't know how to change it to an "AND". Thanks for any help.

According to https://help.acdsystems.com/en/acdse...Search_bar.htm one way to get the results is to use the Classic Quick Search feature.


Another method is using the Selective Browsing Pane. This is new (to me): https://help.acdsystems.com/en/acdse...WSING_PANE.htm

I'm sure Greyfox will be along with even more tips on searching.

Howard

[karelowe]

Thanks Howard but the two links above are not for the MAC version and not applicable to the MAC 9. I have pushed so many buttons and about to the conclusion that "in the MAC version, you can not search for two "keywords" and have it be an "and". Hope that makes sense. It seems that you have to search for one keyword and one category to make the "and" distinction. Otherwise it brings up ALL of one and ALL of another but not just what the search was intended with the "AND".....Still hoping for some ACDSee input. Thanks. Karen

[hw3]

Thanks Howard but the two links above are not for the MAC version and not applicable to the MAC 9. I have pushed so many buttons and about to the conclusion that "in the MAC version, you can not search for two "keywords" and have it be an "and". Hope that makes sense. It seems that you have to search for one keyword and one category to make the "and" distinction. Otherwise it brings up ALL of one and ALL of another but not just what the search was intended with the "AND".....Still hoping for some ACDSee input. Thanks. Karen

Sorry--didn't catch this question was in the Mac area (oops).

[karelowe]

That's Okay Howard. Thanks for trying. Karen

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Hi karelowe and AVux!2021,

To match all, please try as follows:
1. Drag and drop those two items into the Quick Search bar. Using karelowe's example, ACDSee searches for "keyword":"kits" OR "keyword":"Anna Aspnes"
2. Change the OR to an AND, and hit return.


If you like, you can also save your search for easy reuse:
1. In the Quick Search bar, click the magnifying glass icon.
2. From the dropdown menu, select Saved Searches > Save.

Hope this helps!

Regards,
David

[karelowe]

Hi karelowe and AVux!2021,

To match all, please try as follows:
1. Drag and drop those two items into the Quick Search bar. Using karelowe's example, ACDSee searches for "keyword":"kits" OR "keyword":"Anna Aspnes"
2. Change the OR to an AND, and hit return.


If you like, you can also save your search for easy reuse:
1. In the Quick Search bar, click the magnifying glass icon.
2. From the dropdown menu, select Saved Searches > Save.

Hope this helps!

Regards,
David

Oh My!! It worked. Thanks so much. I didn't know I could actually change the "or" to "and" in the quick search bar. Think it was confusing to have all the "Parent" words show up in the Quick Search Bar with each of the keywords I dragged over. Is there a way to cut them out? Thanks again David.

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Hi karelowe,

Glad to hear it worked. The parent keywords are included to avoid falsely matching with keywords with the same name but different parents. The search will still work if you manually remove them.
The Help file also has more info about the Search feature.

Regards,
David