- If you are already in the Contacts module, then click the Find button.
- If you are not in the Contacts module, press SHIFT while clicking Contacts button. This will take you there and put you straight into Find mode.

Enter the search criteria in the appropriate field, e.g. 'Smith' in the Last Name field.
TIP: If you don't know the exact spelling then just type a few of the letters that you do know, e.g. 'sm' would find 'Smith', 'Smyth" and 'Smout'.
TIP: You can also enter additional search criteria in another field, e.g. 'pa' in the First Name field. This would find 'Paul Smith" and 'Patrick Smout'

When you've finished entering your search criteria, click the Find button at the top or click the 'Continue' button on the far left of the screen or press the Enter key. If only one record matches your criteria, then that record will be shown. If two or more records match, a list will be shown and you can click the green arrow button on the left to view the main page for the selected person.



TIP: To search for a 'range', e.g. from xx to yy, then use the syntax xx...yy (with three dots in-between).
TIP: You can also search in the other fields, e.g. the Date field (top right) is the date that a contact was entered into Antiquity.
TIP: If you know that you entered someone last week, but can't remember their name, then just search for 2/11/2009...8/11/2009 in the Date field (replace dates as appropriate). You do not need to type the year if the dates you're searching for are this year. However if searching for dates in another year, then you must enter the appropriate year.



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