I just want to put a word in the search box....

lorraineg57 · Today, 10:27 AM

or a title and have Calibre highlight it in my library. I have the little box with the magnifying glass. I have "title" selected in preferences>search. I type in a word or title and get a "no more matches" when it hasn't found any to start with. This shouldn't be this hard. As it is, I have to reorganize by title and look myself because the search/find doesn't seem to find anything. What am I missing here?

theducks · Today, 11:53 AM

Calibre has 2 forms of library search results.
1) is the Highlight
2)Display only resurts.

This is controlled by the setting in Preferences: Searching: (second item)

the third item puts the toggle onto the toolbar for those that want to switch frequently.

IMHO mode 2 is better if you just use a fragment of the full value (and have quite a few books that might satisfy the term

Note the What to search by default Box
If you do not specify what to search (eg authors:smith), calibre will look in every possible column. This limits where to look

Today, 10:27 AM	#1
lorraineg57 Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 700010 Join Date: May 2007 Location: PA Device: Nook Classic, Iphone 4	I just want to put a word in the search box.... or a title and have Calibre highlight it in my library. I have the little box with the magnifying glass. I have "title" selected in preferences>search. I type in a word or title and get a "no more matches" when it hasn't found any to start with. This shouldn't be this hard. As it is, I have to reorganize by title and look myself because the search/find doesn't seem to find anything. What am I missing here?

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Today, 11:53 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,109 Karma: 60406498 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Calibre has 2 forms of library search results. 1) is the Highlight 2)Display only resurts. This is controlled by the setting in Preferences: Searching: (second item) the third item puts the toggle onto the toolbar for those that want to switch frequently. IMHO mode 2 is better if you just use a fragment of the full value (and have quite a few books that might satisfy the term Note the What to search by default Box If you do not specify what to search (eg authors:smith), calibre will look in every possible column. This limits where to look

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