Search function: how to use to find what I want?
Posted: 2022-07-28, 12:30 UTC
I am a musician with a terrible memory for lyrics: I have about a thousand .doc, .docx, .pdf, and .rtf files with lyrics and chords.
I am grateful that TC has two columns, one I can arrange alphabetically, the other by chronology so I can find recent work.
I’m using a large Luna (VCT9T48Q34) tablet with Android 10.
I’m having trouble with the search function. example:
Filename “I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder”. I am looking at the file in the other column, not in a subfolder. It exists and is spelled correctly, no filters checked. I don’t use caps in my search string.
Searches:
i just called - I get a subfolder with a few misc files, NONE of which have ANY of these words in the titles. And not my file.
i just called * - same results.
* i just called - same results
*i just called - same results
* I just - more results with “just” but not my file.
* just called - no results
* just called to - results with ANY of the three words, NOT ALL of the three - and not my file!!!
I just * - files with “just” in the name but not “I” - and NOT my file
I just - all results have “just” in the title - but not the word “I” - AND NOT MY FILE!!!
* say love - lots of files with “love” in the title, but none with “say”
* called - success - and others with “called” in the title
* just - success - and a couple hundred others, of course.
I can include screenshots but I think this is clear. I don’t understand the rules! Please suggest!!!
If I search in the text, since my file was at root of the search folder it came up first. But it takes too long to complete if the desired file is in a subfolder, or if the word is not the first word in the filename.
ps I used to put an underscore before a name I was prioritizing, but search ignores the first letter after the underscore so now I put underscore space: _ foo.docx
I am grateful that TC has two columns, one I can arrange alphabetically, the other by chronology so I can find recent work.
I’m using a large Luna (VCT9T48Q34) tablet with Android 10.
I’m having trouble with the search function. example:
Filename “I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder”. I am looking at the file in the other column, not in a subfolder. It exists and is spelled correctly, no filters checked. I don’t use caps in my search string.
Searches:
i just called - I get a subfolder with a few misc files, NONE of which have ANY of these words in the titles. And not my file.
i just called * - same results.
* i just called - same results
*i just called - same results
* I just - more results with “just” but not my file.
* just called - no results
* just called to - results with ANY of the three words, NOT ALL of the three - and not my file!!!
I just * - files with “just” in the name but not “I” - and NOT my file
I just - all results have “just” in the title - but not the word “I” - AND NOT MY FILE!!!
* say love - lots of files with “love” in the title, but none with “say”
* called - success - and others with “called” in the title
* just - success - and a couple hundred others, of course.
I can include screenshots but I think this is clear. I don’t understand the rules! Please suggest!!!
If I search in the text, since my file was at root of the search folder it came up first. But it takes too long to complete if the desired file is in a subfolder, or if the word is not the first word in the filename.
ps I used to put an underscore before a name I was prioritizing, but search ignores the first letter after the underscore so now I put underscore space: _ foo.docx