3.4 Finding in Origin ProjectFinding-Project
Origin supports a Find feature to search for the string or numeric data in the project, including to the metadata, data cells and graph object.
To open the Find dialog:
- Select Edit: Find in Project... in the Origin main menu.
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- In the Project Explorer, right-click and choose Find in the context menu.
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- Press the shortcut key F3 in Origin project file.

Find / Stop button
Click the Find button. As the search proceeds, the Find button becomes Stop. Clicking Stop ends the search and the button reverts to Find.
Current Path
Shows the path of the active folder.
Find What
Specify the string or numeric data to be found. Click to see your search history.
Within
Entire Project
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Search the entire project.
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Active Folder
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Search only the active folder.
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Active Folder and Subfolders
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Search the active folder and its subfolders.
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Find Options
Case Sensitive
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Specify whether or not the search is case-sensitive. For example, when enabled searching for ABC returns ABC but not abc.
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Match Whole Word
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Find only the entire string entered in Find What.
Note: Only available when Allow Wildcards(* and ?) is disabled.
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Allow Wildcards (* and ?)
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Specify whether or not the wildcards ? and * are used in the Find What edit box. If enabled, Match Whole Word is disabled.
- * any string of characters
- * can be used to represent a string with an arbitrary length. For example, s*d finds "sad" and "started".
- ? can be used in the Find What edit box as a substitute for any single character. For example, s?t finds "sat" and "set".
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Types to be Included
Narrow your search for the Find What value to metadata, data cells, graph objects and/or notes.
Metadata
There are five groups for metadata: Folder, Graph, Book, Sheet and Column.
Click on the Select... button to open the dialog for selecting the metadata under the groups.
If check the group checkbox in the Find dialog or Select Metadata dialog, that means selecting all checkboxes in the corresponding group. When uncheck some checkboxes under a group in Select Metadata dialog, the group check box will become undefined.
Groups
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Metadata
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Folder
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Name, Comments and Info Varibles
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Graph
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Long Name, Short Name and Comments
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Book
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Long Name, Short Name, Comments and Info Varibles
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Sheet
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Long Name, Short Name, Comments and Info Varibles
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Column
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Long Name, Short Name, Comments, Unit, F(x), Categories, Parameters, User Parameters, Sampling Intervals, Filters and Info Varibles
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Notes
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Short Name, Long Name, Comments
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Data in Cells(1st Matched in Column)
Specify whether or not to search the value in the cells under the columns.
If there are multiple data cells matching the value in Find What, it will just show the one information in the output result section.
Text Objects on Graphs
Specify whether or not to search the value in the text objects on graphs.
Notes Content
Specify whether or not to search the value in the Notes Content.
Searching result
When click Find button, the searching result will be output in the bottom table of this dialog.
This table includes the Range, Element, Attribute and Folder information.
Tooltip
If the mouse hover over the row of the searching result, it will generate an tooltip to show the information.
If double clicked on the row, the corresponding folder or window (Book/Graph) will be active.
Copy information
Right-click on the the row of the searching result, the context menu provides three information of this item to be copied.
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