Keyword Highlighting

Define a keyword rule that will find and highlight terms in a specific (other than the default yellow) color.

  • On the Home page, select Configuration:
  • Select Keyword Highlighting:
     
  • You will see a list of all keyword rules that have already been created. These can be deleted or edited.
    To create a new one, select Create New Item        
  • Define the Name. 
  • Define one or more Keyword Queries.
  • Click  

Query Syntax Help

For more information, please refer to ZyLAB One Search Language Guide.

Use predefined macros, like #amount# or #date#. A "Placeholder #xxx# is not found" message is shown when the macro is not recognized.

  • Fuzzy
    finds variations of a term.
    Example: dutch~1, will find dutch, ditch, duich, durch, etc.
  • Question Mark ?
    matches a single character.
    Example: wom?n, will find woman and women.
  • Asterisk *
    matches zero or more characters.
    Example: *most, will find most and almost.
  • AND
    finds related terms and narrows your search.
    Example: president AND america, will only find files with both terms.
  • OR
    finds one or all terms and broadens your search.
    Example, car OR transportation, will find files with only the term car or transportation, and files with both terms.
  • NOT
    allows you to exclude terms.
    Example: NOT apple, will find all files that do not contain the term apple.
  • TO
    finds occurrences of a term/query falling between two other terms/queries.
    Example: dear TO sincerely {John}, will find the term John falling between dear and sincerely.
  • Within
    finds related terms within a defined range.
    Example: Tom w/2 John, will find the term Tom within two positions (terms) from John (Tom knows John because Tom is his brother).
  • Precedes
    finds preceding terms within a defined range.
    Example: live p/2 work, will find ‘live to work’ but not ‘work to live’.
  • Number Range
    finds numbers or number ranges.
    Example: (>1 : <10), will find all values between 1 and 10.
  • Quorum
    finds a specified number of terms from a list.
    Example: 1 of {blue, green, red}, will find at least one or more colors from the list in a file.
  • Character Patterns []
    matches a single character and/or range that is contained within the brackets.
    Example: m[a-z]n, will find all terms with three letters that start with an m and end with an n.
  • Negation [^]
    negates a single character and/or range that is contained within the brackets.
    Example: [^b]pple, will find apple, but also –pple, cpple, dpple, cpple, etc. But not bpple.
  • Preceding Element +
    matches the preceding element one or more times.
    Example: ab+c, will find abc, abbc, abbbc, abbbbc, etc. But not ac.
  • Preceding Element {m,n}
    matches the preceding element at least m and not more than n times.
    Example: ba{2,3}b, will find baab, baaab, but not bab, baaaab.
  • Preceding Element {m}
    matches the preceding element exactly m times.
    Example: [0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}, will find local phone number 123-4567.
  • Preceding Element {m,}
    matches preceding element at least m times.
    Example: ba{0,}b, will find bb, bab, baab, baaab, etc.