To find a specific phrase in the phrase menu:

1. Open a phrase menu.
2. Without any click just start typing any part of the phrase description you wish to find.
3. Click the phrase or press the confirmation hotkey to insert it or right-click for additional options.

Right-click the magnifier icon to configure the search feature.

1. Click into the search box under the title bar in the middle of the main program window or press the (customizable) hotkey F3.
2. Right-click the magnifier icon to configure the scope of the search.
3. Enter the search term.
4. Matches are displayed in a flat list.

• Click any item in the list of search results to edit it.
• Double-click any item to show it within the phrase tree structure.
• Click into the search input field to switch back to the flat search result list.

Start search term with "#" to search for phrase tags, regardless of the search settings.

Start search term with " (double-quote) to search for phrases beginning with the search term. Example: "PhraseExpress would show all phrases beginning with PhraseExpress .

Enclose search term with double-quotes to get exact matches only.

Start search term with " (double-quote) to search for phrases beginning with the search term. Example: "Tesla would show all phrases beginning with Tesla.

Search supports boolean operators AND, NOT, and double quotes to seearch for exact matches.

If search scope is limited, e.g. to "descriptions", search will nontheless search in autotexts, tags, etc and offer you to show those search results.

With only two double quote characters ("") , you can search for empty contents.

The search feature does not search text within macro functions.

Only the currently selected phrase library language is searched.

1. Open the program window.
2. Select the phrase folder in the tree view you wish to search.
3. Click the main menu button Find & Replace or press CTRL+H.
4. Fill-in the search & replace boxes.

PhraseExpress only searches in the selected folder (and optionally subfolders).

This feature does not search & replace text within macro functions.

• Regular expressions

You can review properties of your phrases in the optional 3-columns view.

Video tutorial

Watch the video tutorial that illustrates how to make best use of the 3-columns view.

• Display options