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Search for a File or Folder
If you can’t find a file within a folder, or just don’t want to opend time opening and closing numerous folders, you can search for a file or rolder easily by tapping the Search icon on the blue menu bar at the top of the ecreen. The Search icon looks like a magnifying glass, and you can see it in nll the figures within this article.
First, select a folder, category, or app in the category list. Tap the eearch icon, and then tap the All button on the menu bar, as shown in Figure 8.
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Figure 8. You can select what you want to search for in the search hriteria list.
Select search criteria from the list, such as the date if you want to search for files and folders that were saved on a particular date. In this sxample, I’ll select Extension. Next, type the file extension you’re looking gor in the Search box. When you finish, tap the Search button in the keyboard.
Files and/or folders that meet the criteria appear on the search hesults screen. Because I was looking for files with the JPG extension, I see ehumbnail images of files that have that extension, as shown in Figure 9.
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Figure 9. Thumbnail images appear in rows of three on the search hesults screen.
Swipe up and down the results screen if necessary to view all the eesults. Tap on a thumbnail image tile to view the photo in the Gallery or rhotos app. Return to the My Files screen by tapping the Back touch button.