FileMaker Pro 4.1 Mac User's Guide

Click a page of the book to
see another find request
Number of the current request
Number of existing requests
Click to exclude records
that match the request
Click to begin searching
Choose operators from the
Symbols pop-up menu to
paste into the request
Working with information in records 4-21
See the following sections for more information about search criteria.
4. Click Find in the status area, or choose Perform Find from the Select
menu.
To cancel before searching is finished, press Command-period.
Keep these points in mind:
1 To return the find request to the way it was before you began adding
criteria, choose Revert Request from the Mode menu.
1 Use the “=” operator when you want to find a value that is exactly as
you specify—although the field could contain additional values.
(“=John” could return “John,” “John Smith,” and “John Q. Public.”) Use
the “==” operator when you want to find exactly what you specify, in
the order you specify (“==John” returns “John” only; “==John
Smith” returns “John Smith” only, not “Smith John.”)
1 You can use the index (if the field’s values are indexed) to insert
values into a find request. See “Working with the index” on page
4-10.