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The search tab allows you to search all map databases, except postcodes (see postcode tab). By initial Search tab looks like this.

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This allows you to search all databases for name of the location you are looking for. To find Abbey Road type 'Abbey Road' and click the Search! button. You do not have to type the full name. For example typing just 'Abbey' will find Abbey Road but it will also find Abbey Street, Abbey Lane and so on. The more you type the more precise the result will be.

Show categories
By default Navigator searches through all databases. So typing 'Abbey' will not only search for all streets beginning with the word 'Abbey' but also all other points of interest. For example, this search will also find the Abbey Visitor Centre in Bury St Edmunds, the Abbey Hill Golf Club in Milton Keynes and many more. To narrow the search to one or more databases check the Show categories option.

A list now appears with three option.

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All databases in Navigator are divided into three master categories - Geographical features, Points of interest and Roads and Streets. To exclude an entire category from the search make sure to uncheck it. To speed up the search for Abbey Road uncheck Geographical features and Points of Interest in the list. Now Navigator will only look up the streets databases.

Notice that the amount of fields you can search has increased. You can now specify even the town in which the street is located.

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If instead you wanted to search for all golf clubs beginning with 'Abbey' then first uncheck all three categories. Now expand the Points of Interest category by clicking the plus symbol next to it. This will list all databases in that category. Scroll down until you see the Sport and expand this entry also. Now check the Golf Course entry.

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Now you have narrowed the search to only look up the Golf Course database, and only Golf course results will be shown. Note that the amount of fields you can search has increased even further.

Show search mode
Tick this check box if you want to limit the search by area. Now select the in area/along route radio button. If you have previously planned a route it will be shown in the list below. Check it to search for locations along it. To set the width of the search corridor see Settings/Search.

The list will also show a search area if you created one on the map. To create a search area change the cursor mode to Rectangular, Elliptic or Free shape. If you are in rectangular or elliptic mode just click and drag out the area on the map. In free shape mode you just click around the border of the region you want to search in.

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Check the option you want to limit the search to.

Containing text
If you want to search for text that may not be at the beginning of the name you are looking then enable this mode. It will pattern search all databases. For example, the only way to find New Abbey Road from 'Abbey' is by Checking this option.