Searching file attributes

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Searching file attributes is similar to searching the file annotations for a specific word or list of words.  You enter each word or phrase on a separate line.

 

search_attr01

 

The above will return

 

all files whose author or creator attributes begin with Patrick
OR

all files whose author or creator attributes contain the word Quark

 

One difference is when you search on the PDF creation and modification attributes.  Dates are stored in the format yyyymmddhhnnss, so November 15 2020 10:30 PM is stored as 20201115103000.  If you want to search for all files created or modified on that date, you would enter

 

search_attr02