Shortcut Menus

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

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Shortcut Menus

To access a selection of commands related to your current activities (a shortcut menu), position the mouse cursor in the appropriate area of the screen and click on the right mouse button. Analysis Workbench displays a list of commands and you can select the one you want.

There are three types of shortcut menu available for the information windows:

Window title bar shortcut menu

Right-clicking on an information window title bar displays a menu with the following options:

Shortcut Menu Item	Function
Maximize Window	Maximizes the window. Also activated by: Clicking the Maximize button in the top right corner of the window. Double-clicking the title bar.
Equalize Windows	Makes all windows the same size. Also activated by selecting the Equalize command in the Window menu.
Move up	Moves the window up a position in the workspace.
Move down	Moves the window down a position in the workspace.
Toggle toolbar	Hides the toolbar if it is currently displayed in the window and vice versa. Also activated by clicking the Toggle button in the top right corner of the window.
Close (X)	Closes the window. Also activated by: Clicking the Close button in the top right corner of the window. Using the CTRL+F4 keyboard shortcut.

Column header shortcut menus

Right-click on a column header in an information window to display shortcut menus with the following options:

Option	Function
Query	This option is only available for the Machines information window. It displays the Complex Query dialog box which enables multiple tagging query criteria to be specified from a section of categories. These categories are defined by the information collected across the computer population.
Contains	This option displays a dialog box which allows you to search for a specified string in the column.
Tag all	Applies a tag to all entries in the column.
Untag all	Removes all tags from entries in the column.
Toggle all	Toggles the tag status of all entries in the column. If an entry is tagged then, the tag is removed and vice versa.
Duplicates	Tags any duplicate entries in the column.
Uniques	Tags all entries that are unique.

Find

Allows you to find a particular entry in the active window.

See Locating Specific Entries in a Window for further information.

Sum

This option is available only if all the contents of a column are numerical. It displays a message showing the sum of the numerical contents of that column.

Lock

When this option is selected, the column clicked and all columns to the left of it are ‘locked’ and will not scroll left or right.

Unlock

This option is used to remove a lock from a column. To set a different lock, select lock on a different column.

Chart

This option is not available for the Directories information window.

It displays a graphical representation of the selected column statistics.

Sort Ascending

Sorts text alphabetically, numerically, or by date in ascending order (A to Z, a to z or zero to 9).

Sort Descending

Sorts text alphabetically, numerically, or by date in descending order (Z to A, z to a or 9 to zero).

Information window cell shortcut menus

Right-click in a cell in the information windows to display a shortcut menu with the following options.

Menu	Option	Function
Tag	All	Tags all the visible entries in the active window.
	Current row	Tags the currently highlighted row.
	Rows above	Tags rows above the currently highlighted row.
	Rows below	Tags rows below the currently highlighted row.
	<Variable row>	Tags any entries in the window that match the cell specification. This option changes to reflect the cell that the mouse was right-clicked in. For example, if the mouse was right-clicked in a cell in the Main Processor (CPU) column and the cell contains the following information: Main Processor (CPU) of Pentium II Then this option will read Main Processor (CPU) is Pentium II. All entries in the window that have a Pentium II CPU will be tagged. Pressing the SHIFT key at the same time as right-clicking on a cell inverts the option. For example, in the previous case it will read Main Processor (CPU) is not Pentium II.
Untag	All	Removes tags from any tagged entries in the active window.
	Current row	Removes the tag from the currently highlighted row.
	Rows above	Removes tags from the rows above the currently highlighted row.
	Rows below	Removes tags from the rows below the currently highlighted row.
	<Variable row>	Remove tags from any entries in the window that match the cell specification. This option changes to reflect the cell that the mouse was right-clicked in. For example, if the mouse was right-clicked in a cell in the Computer Manufacturer column and the row highlighted has a computer manufacturer of DELL, then any entries in the window that have a DELL computer make are untagged. Pressing the SHIFT key at the same time as right-clicking in a cell inverts the criteria. For example, in the previous case it will read Computer Manufacturer is not DELL.
Toggle	All	Toggles the tag status of all entries in the active window. If an entry is tagged, the tag is cleared and vice versa.
	Current row	Toggles the tag status of the currently highlighted row. That is, if it is tagged, the tag is removed and vice versa.
	Rows above	Toggles the tag status of the rows above the currently highlighted row. If an Entry is tagged, then the tags are removed and vice versa.
	Rows below	Toggles the tags status of the rows below the currently highlighted row. If an entry is tagged, the tag is removed and vice versa.
	<Variable row>	Toggles the tag status of any entry in the window that matches the cell specification.For example, if the mouse was right-clicked in a cell in the PEC number column and the row highlighted has PEC102, then any entries that have a PEC number of PEC102 are toggled. Pressing the SHIFT key at the same time as right-clicking on a cell inverts the option.For example, in the previous case it will read PEC number is not 102.
Rows Above	Tag	Tags the rows above the currently highlighted row.
	Untag	Removes the tags from any tagged entries above the currently highlighted row.
	Toggle	Toggles the tag status of any entries above the currently highlighted row. That is, if an entry is tagged, then the tag is removed, and vice versa.
Rows Below	Tag	Tags the rows below the currently highlighted row.
	Untag	Removes the tags from any tagged entries below the currently highlighted row.
	Toggle	Toggles the tag status of any entries below the currently highlighted row. That is, if an entry is tagged, then the tag is removed, and vice versa.
<Variable option>	Tag	Tags any entry in the window that matches the cell specification.
	Untag	Removes the tag from any tagged entry in the window that matches the cell specification.
	Toggle	Toggles the tag status of any entry in the window that matches the cell specification.
View Scan File		This option is available for the Machines window only.It opens the scan file in the Viewer application.

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