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Orbis handles text in units called "entries"- the basic units that are searched and retrieved. The default entry type is paragraphs, with <Enter> separating one entry from the next. When you search a textbase that uses paragraphs as the entry type, all of the paragraphs that match you search terms will be returned. For example, a search for "bird and fish" would return every paragraph that contains both the word "bird" and the word "fish" but it would not return text that used "bird" in one paragraph and "fish" in the next paragraph. The default setting of paragraphs is best for most uses, and it is recommended for those just starting to use Orbis.
If you would like to use a different entry type, choose Predefined Orbis Formats or Custom Formats when you set up your Orbis textbase. You will then be able to choose one of the following entry types.
| Sentences | Entries are separated by a period, question mark, or exclamation mark followed by a space or a hard return (or by a period, question mark, or exclamation mark followed by a quote (") and then a space or a hard return). |
| Paragraphs: Regular <Enter> Only | Entries are separated by a hard return. |
| Paragraphs: Double <Enter> | Entries are separated by two hard returns. |
| Hard-Page Breaks | Entries are separated by hard page breaks. Note that page breaks generated automatically during editing or printing do not define a retrieval unit. |
Ibidem Records
| Entire file | Entries are entire files. |
| Interviews: Standard (QUESTION:) | Entries include text between the QUESTION: marker and the end of the corresponding ANSWER: paragraph. |
| Interviews: Standard (WORKER:) | Entries include text between the WORKER: marker and the end of the corresponding CLIENT: paragraph. |
| Text Between Non-Printing Markers | Includes all text between Non-Printing Markers:<<NT/8-B>>Text <<NT/8-E>> |
| Text Between Printing Markers | Includes all text between Printing Markers: B Text E. |
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