I have a basic question about the difference between project search (the search magnify glass on the left side) and quick search (the search bar right above the editor). I didn’t see that there was a significant difference per the manual except that project search is more detailed and part of collections (want to confirm this).
Well, quick search is blunt. No criteria. No post search follow up functionalities.
Just a quick search tool.
It allows to search within all text (and synopsis and titles) without tweaking project search out of your current setup. (For example: it doesn’t make any distinction for where the document is, or whether or not it is set to be included in compile.)
It also quote you text around the result, where project search rather lists documents.
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Here’s how I utilize these two features. You don’t have to use them this way–in the end, they both search for text–but for me this is a great way to leverage Quick Search.
I use Project Search when I’m looking for text.
I use Quick Search when I want to open documents.
Type the first few characters of the item name in Quick Search. When the item is selected, press Shift+Enter to launch as a QuickRef panel, or Enter to open in an editor.
Some of my projects have hundreds or thousands of documents, at all different levels within the Binder. I tend to use the Quick Search feature at least as much as I use Scrivener’s Binder to find and open documents, particularly in those larger projects. I typically only navigate through the binder when I don’t have a clue what the document name is (but I know where it is) or if the item already happens to be visible in the Binder.
Best,
Jim
I’m not sure what you see as a “significant difference.” They’re both searching the same underlying project after all.
But Quick Search has no options at all, and Project Search has many. So Quick Search is a little easier to use, but Project Search is more powerful.