I.R.I.S. Cardiris Pro 5 - Manual (Page 76)

Chapter 7 – Organizing business cards
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Free text search
To do a free text search:

Enter a term in the search field and click the search cards button
or press Enter.

Cardiris will display all cards that match the search criterion. The
filter button, the status bar and the pink background indicate that
you're displaying a "hitlist". The status bar also indicates the
number of cards that have been found.
If none of the cards meet the search criteria:
 the application window remains empty and the status bar
confirms that there are no cards to display. (album view)
 the card image is empty, no data fields are filled out and the
card status is grayed. (card view)

Logical operators such as OR and AND, and also quotation
marks can be used to broaden the search.

To redisplay all cards after a search, erase the search term and
press Enter or click the button All cards on the button bar.