IBM Lotus Symphony


Similarity Search

Find terms that are similar to the Search for text. Select this checkbox, and then click the ... button to define the similarity options.

For example, a similarity search can find words that differ from the Search for text by two characters.

To access this command...

Choose Edit - Find and Replace... - Similarity search check box in the More Options area and ... button.

...

Set the options for the similarity search.

Settings

Define the criteria for determining if a word is similar to the search term.

Exchange characters

Enter the number of characters in the search term that can be exchanged. For example, if you specify 2 exchanged characters, "black" and "crack" are considered similar.

Add characters

Enter the maximum number of characters by which a word can exceed the number of characters in the search term.

Remove characters

Enter the number of characters by which a word can be shorter than the search term.

Combine

Searches for a term that matches any combination of the similarity search settings.


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