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<H3><A NAME="s3">3. Onscreen Fundamentals</A></H3>

<P>In this section will be briefly described Kfind user interface. 
<P>The Kfind window separated in four areas: toolbar, search parameters
dialog, viewing area and statusbar. The viewing area and
statusbar are visible only after receiving search results.
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<H3><A NAME="ss3.1">3.1 Toolbar</A>
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<DT><B>Start Search</B><DD><P>Starts new search using parameters specified in parameters
dialog. 
<DT><B>New Search</B><DD><P>Clears results and hides viewing area.
<DT><B>Stop Search</B><DD><P>Stops runing search process.
<DT><B>Open</B><DD><P>Asks <B>Kfm</B> to start default binding for selected file.
<DT><B>Add to Archive</B><DD><P>Adds selected file to chosen archive.
<DT><B>Delete</B><DD><P>Deletes selected files and asks <B>Kfm</B> to refresh directory.
<DT><B>Properties</B><DD><P>Shows properties of selected file.
<DT><B>Open Containing Folder</B><DD><P>Asks <B>Kfm</B> to open folder containing selected file.
<DT><B>Save Search Results</B><DD><P>Saves results to file specified in <B>Options->Preferences</B> dialog.
<DT><B>Help</B><DD><P>Shows <B>KFind</B> documentation.
<DT><B>Quit</B><DD><P>Exits KFind.
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<H3><A NAME="ss3.2">3.2 Search Parameters Dialog</A>
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<P>This dialog is the main part of <CODE>KFind</CODE>. It's used for specifying
parameter for find utility. There are three find parameters groups:
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<DT><B>Name and location</B><DD><P>This dialog is used to specify filename user is looking
for. Filename is entered into combobox and can contain following
wildcards:
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? matches any character 
<P>* matches any sequence of characters 
<P>[[]] matches a defines set of characters, e.g. [a-zA-Z0-9\.]
matches upper and lower case ASCII letters, digits, and dot.
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>

The combo box stores names history.  The <B>Look in</B> combo box and
<B>Browse</B> button are used to specify directory where the search will
be performed. Whether the <CODE>find</CODE> should look into subdirectories
is specified by <B>Include subfolders</B> check button.
<DT><B>Date Modified</B><DD><P>This dialog allows searching for files created within a
specified time period.
<DT><B>Advanced</B><DD><P>This page allows file searches for specific types of files e.g
Postscript-documents, JPEG image files or WAV sound files. The search
can also be restricted to files above or below a certain size.
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<H3><A NAME="ss3.3">3.3 Viewing Area</A>
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<P>The viewing area contains results of find
process. After clicking on item the functions open, add to
archive,delete, properties and  open containing folder will be enabled.
Double clicking causes executing default binding.
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