Search "notes" field of a single item?

[macula]

Hi again,

Is it possible to search for a string of characters within the notes field of a particular bibliographic item? I tend to keep very long notes and often find myself squinting at the long text in search of a particular word. In Endnote such searches are made easy via the misleadingly named "Go To" command (Cmd-J), which essentially replicates in functionality the standard "Find" window of Cocoa apps. Anything similar in Bookends?

Many thanks.

[Jon]

There is a "Find in this reference" function. It works for the reference window, if that's where your Notes are, but not in the Notes tab (at least not now).

Jon
Sonny Software

[macula]

Thanks for the response. My notes are in the notes field, so the "Find in this reference" command does not help. Of course, I could mass-move the notes field contents to the abstract field, which is searchable, but then I lose all the advantages associated with the notes field (note stream, etc.).

I would be very relieved to see "search" for the notes field implemented in a future release.

[Jon]

You could also have the notes field shown in the main reference window (set in preferences), not in a separate tab, and you could then search it with the find in reference function now.

Jon
Sonny Software