Finding Matters

Using the main menu

Select Matters > Find or from an open Matter window click the Find button on the toolbar. The Matters Browse window appears. Use the search bar to find the matter. Click Select once it is found and highlighted to view the matter in the Matter window.

Using the Find window

1. With the Matters Browse window open, press CTRL+F. The Find window opens.
   
   

2. In the Search for box, enter the information you want to find. Abacus will search all indexes regardless of which index is selected. But, if you want the found record to auto-fill the Search for box as you type, click Index to select the correct sort order first.

3. Click Done. The Matter window displays the first matter found.

4. Click the Next Record button () to see more matching occurrences.

Using a query

Use this option if you want to find one or multiple matters that meet certain conditions.

Click here for more information.