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why did my search fail?

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The standard search function (F12 or WSImage_314_find_24) for a list of data operates on the currently highlighted column. If you want to search within data from another column, click in that column first.

By default, a search is "whole word". Use * at either end of the word or number you're searching for if you want to find it, e.g. in any data consisting of more than one word. (The advantage of the asterisk system is that it allows you to specify either a prefix or a suffix or both, unlike the standard Windows search "whole word" option.)