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Logical search expressions
In addition to simply typing in words to search for, Pinker allows you to enter logical ("Boolean") search expressions in the search field. If yo...
Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 12:13 PM
Filter in many ways
Pinker offers three types of filters to help you tailor a search and with that the files shown in the Results area: Topic Filters, File Property Filters, ...
Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 6:06 PM
Look everywhere
Pinker searches for keywords and topics in many different file types: Text documents: .pdf, MS Word, Pages, .txt, .rtf, web documents, Libre Office Write...
Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 6:06 PM
Search for keywords
The Search field (1) allows you to enter search words and find files that contain them. You can enter single words, word combinations in quotes, or expres...
Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 12:23 PM
Re-use your searches
Pinker allows you to save any combination of filter settings and expressions in the search field under a name, effectively creating shortcuts to sets of fil...
Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 6:08 PM
Work with your own topics
Define topic filters Think of topics as collections of keywords that characterise a topic and that you would typically use when you search for documents.  ...
Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 6:10 PM
Quickly find information related to PetroVR models
With Pinker you can quickly find information related to PetroVR models in unstructured data The grey numbers are match counts: how many documents contai...
Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:09 AM
Wildcards and upper / lower case
Pinker search syntax When entering search words on the search line, you can tell Pinker precisely what to look for (bold type denotes what you would typ...
Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 12:16 PM