User Manual

Searching and Querying DataTIP!When the search is completed, the program will consider the output a Selectionof records. This is handy when you want to use only the records from the searchresult during the next process in SmartAddresser 5. Use the Scope radio buttonsavailable in most features to tell the program that you only want to process theSelection. Presort only processes the selection of records showing on the screenat the time of Presort.To save the Search Filter, follow the steps below:• Click the Save Filter button in the Search Editor window.• Give the saved Search Filter a name in the Save As text box.Do not browse to a new location - the Searches folder will be selectedautomatically!• Click Save.To open a saved Search Filter, follow the steps below:• Click the Open Saved Filter button in the Search Editor window.• Select the desired Search Filter in the Open dialog box.• Click OK.The Search Editor has many uses. Below is an example of how a Search Filter could becreated in the Search Editor for data manipulation.Let's assume you have a national periodical mailing list. You need to prepare a mailingfor the Rural Route and PO Box addresses in your mailing list for a specific set of ZIPcodes. You only want to mail to current subscribers, with addresses that have been CASSCertified. When you're finished with the Search Filter, the Search Editor window willappear as below:117