Finding media files by keyword tags

Click Options on the Find bar to open the search criteria pop‑up menu.

Select either Hide Best Match Results, Show/Hide Close Match Results, or Show/Hide Results That Do Not Match. Results are grouped as follows:

Make sure that the Keyword Tags panel is open.

Drag keyword tags onto the Find bar to refine your search. You can drag more than one tag to the Find bar at a time. Shift-click to select adjacent keyword tags or Control-click to select nonadjacent tags.

In the Find bar, right-click/control-click a tag, category, or subcategory, and choose one of the following:

• Remove [keyword tag, category, or subcategory name] from Search Results
• Exclude photos with [keyword tag, category, or subcategory name]

To clear the search and to close the Find bar click Clear.

In the Elements Organizer, choose Find > Untagged Items.

All the media files in your catalog that don’t have any keyword tags, smart tags, people, places, or events assigned are displayed.

To return to all the media files in your catalog, click All Media.

• Rating is greater than or equal to
• Rating is less than or equal to
• Rating is equal to

Select one of the stars in the star ratings filter.

Do one of the following:

• In the Advanced Search bar, right-click/control-click the tag of the media files you want to exclude from a search, and choose Exclude.

• Right-click/control-click one or more keyword tags in the find bar and choose Exclude Photos With [keyword tag, category, or subcategory name]. Or, double-click the tag to remove it from the find bar.