Use the Search option to display a Find dialog box for users. When the user enters a word and clicks Find, Authorware displays a list of pages that contain the word. When the user clicks a page, Authorware goes to that page and highlights the searched word.
Users can continue what they're doing as Authorware searches, although the system may respond more slowly. Searches are also slower if you define the scope of the search as the entire file. During a search, the user can click the Pause button, which temporarily halts the search and changes the button's title to Resume. Clicking the Resume button restarts the search where it left off. Authorware also displays how much of the search is complete next to the Word text box.
You can use the options associated with the Search destination type to:
Jump to Page sets up a one-way navigation link.
Call and Return sets up a round-trip navigation link.
Search limits the scope of the search a user can initiate according to these options:
Current Framework--Limits the search to the framework the user is in.
Entire File--Allows users to search all frameworks in the file. Depending on the size of the file, searching the entire file can a take fairly long time. You may also want to limit the scope to keep users in a certain section of the file.
Consider further defines the scope of a search according to these options:
Keyword--Limits the search to keywords attached to the pages, within the scope you defined with the Search options. For more information, see Keywords.
Word--Limits the search to text in the text objects in pages, within the scope you defined with the Search options.
Preset Text uses the Preset field to enter a word (or a variable containing a word) that you want to appear automatically in the Find dialog box when the user clicks the Find button. The user can change this word to look for other words or click the Find button to start the search.
If you enter a word (rather than a variable) in the Preset text box, enclose it in quotation marks ("word").
Options further defines search characteristics according to these options:
Search Immediately--Starts the search for the word you entered in the Preset Text text box when the user clicks the Find button. If you enter a variable, such as WordClicked or HotTextClicked, Authorware immediately starts the search for the word or hot text when the user clicks it, without displaying the Find dialog box.
Show in Context--Displays the words that Authorware finds together with the words that surround it. The found word appears highlighted. If you select this option, the Find dialog box is larger. The search also takes longer. This option applies to text only, not to keyword searches.
You can customize certain aspects of the Find dialog box that appear to users by using the Navigation Setup command (Modify > File > Navigation Setup). These aspects include: