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To search for a contact in the Accelerator phone book, enter a value into a search field and click the search button. You can search on any field both (custom and default) in Accelerator. 

Fast Search will limit the number of contacts returned on a query by displaying a maximum of 500 contacts in the search result.  To display more then 500 contacts, turn off Fast Search.


Accelerator provides 3 search modes, and you can switch between these modes by selecting |Preferences|Toggle Advanced Search Mode| from within the phone book.  The following search modes are available.

• Simple: Provides a simple drop down list of common queries such as last name, first name, company, etc.
  
  
   
• Extended: Provides a user defined search interface.  Users can change search criteria by selecting |Preferences|Customize Search Criteria| and changing the search screen to include any field in Accelerator. 
  
  
   
• Advanced: Advanced search mode provides the ability to highly customize a query such as searching a field for any instance of a string value e.g. containing etc.
  
  

Searches are not case sensitive.

Searching by 'Create' or 'Last Edit' Date

From the Preferences Menu, select |Customize Search Criteria|.  Change the search criteria to
a field you would like to search on, typically Create Date or Last Edit Date.  Click |Done| to save
your settings. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note, after searching by date, or last edit, you can sort the data by either criteria by
selecting |Results|Sortby| and choosing the appropriate 'sortby' option.


 

Searching Text Fields

The Accelerator Advanced Search options provide a much easier method of advanced search and should be used in place of the following text field syntax.