Adobe Elements Organizer 12 - Manual (Page 172)

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These media files are tagged with all the search criteria keyword tags. As you add more keyword tags to refine your search,
fewer best matches appear.
Media files tagged with one or more (but not all) of the search criteria keyword tags are called close matches. Closely
matching media files have a white check mark on their thumbnails. For example, if you search using more than one keyword tag, photos with
just one of the keyword tags show up as close matches. Select this group to view media files containing any of the keyword tags you
searched for.
Tip: To automatically display close matches after a search, choose Edit > Preferences > General, or Adobe Elements Organizer 11 >
Preferences > General, and select Show Closely Matching Sets For Searches, and then click OK.
These media files don’t have any of the search criteria keyword tags attached to them. They have a Non match icon in their
thumbnails.
Refine search using the Find bar
To refine a search, drag additional keyword tags onto the Find bar. You can also use the Find bar to search for the media files used in an album
or project.
Dragging a keyword tag onto the Find bar
1. Make sure that the Keyword Tags panel is open.
2. Drag keyword tags onto the Find bar to refine your search. You can drag more than one tag to the Find bar at a time. Shift-click to select
adjacent keyword tags or Control-click to select nonadjacent tags.
3. In the Find bar, right-click/control-click a tag, category, or subcategory, and choose one of the following:
Remove [keyword tag, category, or subcategory name] from Search Results
Exclude photos with [keyword tag, category, or subcategory name]
4. To clear the search and to close the Find bar click Clear.
Find untagged media files
In the Elements Organizer, choose Find > Untagged Items.
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