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The most commonly used section of the Search interface ( query by example ) is the
one immediately displayed, whereas other dialogs are hidden in a slider that can be
activated by the Options link (more on these dialogs later in this chapter).
Searching criteria by column—query by
example
The main use of the Search panel is to enter criteria for some columns so as to
retrieve only the data we are interested in. This is called query by example because
we give an example of what we are looking for. Our first retrieval will concern
inding the topic with ISBN 1-234567-89-0 . We simply enter this value in the isbn box
and set the Operator field to = .