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Refining Your Search<br />

You can refine your search so that you have a greater<br />

chance of finding the structure you want. Use the<br />

Search tools and the Search Options tab to change<br />

your query to refine your search.<br />

To refine your search:<br />

1. From the Search menu, choose Restore<br />

Previous Query or click .<br />

2. Change your query with the Search Options.<br />

3. Select the files and data sources you want to<br />

search.<br />

4. Click Find Now.<br />

ChemFinder/Office shows all of the files with<br />

the structure that you specify. These files<br />

appear in the Hit List window below the Data<br />

Source - Find Chemical Structures window.<br />

If ChemFinder/Office finds no hits, your<br />

search may be too narrow and you should<br />

broaden your search options.<br />

Using the Search Tools<br />

Some ChemFinder tools used to refine your search<br />

can also be used in ChemFinder/Office.<br />

To use the search tools:<br />

• From the Search menu or Search toolbar,<br />

take the appropriate action:<br />

If you want to...<br />

see all the records in<br />

the search, including<br />

records without a<br />

match to your search,<br />

search for the structure<br />

currently<br />

displayed in the structure<br />

window, but<br />

ignore any other<br />

search properties like<br />

molecular weight,<br />

restore the previous<br />

search, so you can<br />

modify the search<br />

criteria,<br />

then click:<br />

Retrieve All .<br />

Find Current Structure<br />

.<br />

Restore Previous<br />

Query .<br />

For more information about the Search tools, see the<br />

“Searching” chapter in the ChemFinder User’s<br />

Guide.<br />

Refining Your Query With<br />

the Search Options<br />

You can refine your ChemFinder/Office search with<br />

the Search Options.<br />

ChemFinder<br />

If you want to...<br />

then click:<br />

begin a new search, Enter Query .<br />

search for the current<br />

properties (chemical<br />

structure, chemical<br />

formula, molecular<br />

weight),<br />

Find Current<br />

Query .<br />

<strong>ChemOffice</strong> 2005 /ChemFinder/Office ChemFinder/Office • 379<br />

Refining Your Search

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