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Search Criteria

All the criteria are divided into six criteria panes, each of which refers to a specific kind of criteria. Each criterion (i.e. name, date created, date modified, etc...) can be divided into three options: duplicate, unique and custom (as shown in figure below).

Figure 14: Duplicate, unique and custom options.

Note that it’s not possible to combine unique and same options on a search; Tidy Up will allow only the permitted searches by changing or disabling the necessary criteria.

If you have trouble with a disabled criterion, use the Reset button in the bottom of the search window to clear the selected options and start over.

Once the criteria are chosen, you can save the criteria list from the Search Criteria pulldown menu. This is useful especially when you have chosen elaborated criteria because, once saved, you can retrieve them simply choosing the name of the saved set from the menu.

Figure 15 I-III: How to select a criterion.

Clicking the triangle to the left of the criteria name allows you to have access to the options of the selected criterion, as shown in the second screenshot. To enable the content of the single criterion, you must select the check button (or radio button) beside the name, as shown in the third screenshot.


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