To access the Find dialog box, in a standard file selection dialog box, click Tools menu Find.
The Find dialog box includes the following tabs: Name & Location, Date Modified
Additional options: Find Now, Stop, New Search, OK, Search Results
The following options are displayed.
Filters the file search based on file type, file name, and location.
Specifies the full or partial file names to include in the search. When entering multiple file names, enclose each name in quotation marks.
Use the following wild-card characters to broaden your search:
The type of files to include in the search is determined by Type, so you don't need to enter a file extension in Named. For example, to find house102.dwg, enter house* and set Type to Drawing (*.dwg).
Specifies the type of files to include in the search. Available file types are limited to those supported by the specific standard file selection dialog box.
Specifies the location to search. Enter a location, choose a location from the list, or choose Browse to navigate to a location. When entering multiple locations, enclose each location in quotation marks.
Displays the Browse for Folder dialog box, in which you can navigate to a location for the search.
Searches all subfolders within the Look In location.
Filters the file search based on the file's creation or modified date.
Searches without a date filter.
Restricts the search to files created or modified within a specified time.
Searches for files using the criteria specified in both tabs.
Ends the search.
Clears the search results and resets the default values for all search options.
When one or more files are selected in the search results, closes the Find dialog box and enters the selected file names in the standard file selection dialog box.
Lists all files found by the search. To pass a file to the standard file selection dialog box, select a file and choose OK. When used with a standard file selection dialog box that allows multiple file selection, you can pass multiple files from the Search Results.