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<h1 id="hd_id3156045" dir="auto">Similarity Search</h1>
<p id="par_id3146856" class="paragraph" dir="auto"><span class="avis">Find terms that are similar to the <span class="emph">Find</span> text. Select this checkbox, and then click the <span class="emph">Similarities</span> button to define the similarity options.</span></p>
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<p id="par_id3153709" class="paragraphintable" dir="auto">On the <span class="emph">Table Data</span> bar, click <span class="emph">Find</span> icon, then <span class="emph">Similarity search</span> check box, then click the <span class="emph">Similarities</span> button (database table view).</p>
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<p id="par_id3150749" class="paragraphintable" dir="auto">On the <span class="emph">Form Navigation</span> bar, click <span class="emph">Record Search</span> icon, then <span class="emph">Similarity search</span> check box, then click the <span class="emph">Similarities</span> button (database form view).</p>
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<p id="par_id3146971" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Choose <span class="menuitem">Edit - Find & Replace - Similarity search</span> check box, then click the <span class="emph">Similarities</span> button.</p>
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<p id="par_id3149551" class="paragraph" dir="auto">For example, a similarity search can find words that differ from the <span class="emph">Find</span> text by two characters.</p>
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<h2 id="hd_id3149511" dir="auto">Settings</h2>
<p id="par_id3152594" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Define the criteria for determining if a word is similar to the search term.</p>
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<p id="par_id3152551" class="paragraph" dir="auto"><span class="avis">Enter the number of characters in the search term that can be exchanged.</span> For example, if you specify 2 exchanged characters, "sweep" and "creep" are considered similar.</p>
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<p id="par_id3109847" class="paragraph" dir="auto"><span class="avis">Enter the maximum number of characters by which a word can exceed the number of characters in the search term.</span></p>
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<p id="par_id3148685" class="paragraph" dir="auto"><span class="avis">Enter the number of characters by which a word can be shorter than the search term.</span></p>
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<p id="par_id3156553" class="paragraph" dir="auto"><span class="avis">Searches for a term that matches any combination of the similarity search settings.</span></p>
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<div class="notetext"><p id="par_id491602292458634" dir="auto">Using Combine better meets a user's expectations from looking at the settings, but may return false positives. Not using Combine may match less than expected, but does not return false positives.</p></div>
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<div class="notetext"><p id="par_id371602294412458" dir="auto">Be careful when using <span class="emph">Replace All</span> with Similarity Search. Best to be certain first about what will be found.</p></div>
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