"Options" dialog, "Search" tab

In this dialog you can specify search parameters to make your search more flexible and productive. If you have pressed the button in the Lingvo Main window, ABBYY Lingvo will use search parameters you have specified.

Option name

Option value

"Search type" group
Find cards containing all the search words Only the cards containing all search words will be displayed (AND-search).
Match distance Check this box if you want ABBYY Lingvo to match the distance between the words.
Maximum distance between words Here you can specify maximum distance between words in your query.
Match order Check this box if you want ABBYY Lingvo to match the word order. Turn it on to filter the cards you do not need.
Find cards containing at least one of the search words The search will return those cards that contain at least one of the search words (“OR” search).
Find all word forms Uncheck this box if you want ABBYY Lingvo to search for words in exactly the same form as in the Edit Line.
This box is checked by default.