ChemSketch: Convenient structure search through the documents

Description

ChemSketch allows you to search for a specific structure or structures in the files without opening them.

1. Draw a structure or structures that you want to find. If several structures are drawn on the workspace, select the one(s) you require.
2. On the General toolbar, click Search for Structure button to display the ACD/Search for Structure dialog box.
3. In the Look In area, specify the folders to be searched through, choose the types of files to be searched, and set file masks, if needed.
4. Click Options and, in the Search Options dialog box that appears, customize the search options if necessary. Click OK.
5. To start the search, click Search. As the search proceeds, the files where the query structure is found are displayed in the Search Results area. You can stop the search process at any time by clicking Stop retaining the results obtained so far.
6. The search results can be processed in the following ways:
   • To view the structure found by your query, click on the list of found files. The structure is displayed in the Preview area.
   • To open the found structure either with ChemSketch or with any other corresponding application (depending on the option selected on the Open tab of the Search Options dialog box), click Load below the Preview area.
   • To save the search results, as well as the query structure and folder settings, click Save.