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    <desc>Searching tasks.</desc>
    
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    <credit type="author">
      <name its:translate="no">Max Vorobuov</name>
      <email its:translate="no">vmax0770@gmail.com</email>
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    <credit type="author">
      <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
      <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
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    <credit type="author">
      <name its:translate="no">Novell, Inc</name>
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<title>Searching Tasks</title>

<section id="search-single">
<title>Searching in a Single Task</title>
<p>To find text in the displayed task, select <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Find in Task...</gui></guiseq> from the main menu.</p>
</section>

<section id="search-many">
<title>Searching Across Tasks</title>

<section id="quick-search">
<title>Quick Search</title>
<p>In the Tasks view, you can quickly search for tasks either by summary or by category.</p>
<p>Searching by summary:</p>
<steps>
<item><p>Click the search icon <media type="image" mime="image/png" its:translate="no" src="figures/search-icon.png"/> to expand the drop-down list.</p></item>
<item><p>Select the search condition from the list.</p></item>
<item><p>Enter the text you want to search for and press <key>Enter</key>.</p></item>
<item><p>Evolution displays the search results.</p></item>
</steps>
<p>Searching by category:</p>
<steps>
<item><p>Click the <gui>Show</gui> drop-down list.</p></item>
<item><p>Select the category from the list.</p></item>
<item><p>Evolution displays the search results.</p></item>
</steps>
<p>If you want to set several search conditions, you should use an Advanced search, which is described below.</p>
</section>

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