Examples Using Wildcards

The examples below provide additional details on how wildcard characters may be used. All examples assume the Match whole word only option is not selected.

Table 52. Examples Using Wildcards

Criteria	Result
cash	Finds all occurrences of items with the word “cash”.
federal*tax	Finds all occurrences of items with the words "federal", followed by "tax", such as "Federal Current Tax Expense" and "Deferred Federal Income Tax".
gainsaleinvest	Finds all occurrences of items with the word "gain" followed by "sale" and "invest", such as "Realized Gains on Sale of Investments".
Form ##-K	Finds all occurrences of items with the word "Form " followed by two numeric values and then "-K", such as "Annual Report on Form 10-K" or "Annual Report on Form 10-KSB".
Form ##-[KFQ]	Finds all occurrences of items with the word "Form " followed by two numeric values, then "-" and then the letters "K", "F" or "Q", such as "Annual Report on Form 10-K", "Annual Report on Form 20-F" or "Covered Reports - Form 10-QSB".
Form ##-[!KFQ]	Finds all occurrences of items with the word "Form " followed by two numeric values, then "-" and then any character except for the letters "K", "F" or "Q".
stock[A-Z]	Finds all occurrences of items with the word "stock", followed by any alphabetic letters (A-Z). Thus "Stockholders" is found, but "Stock Dividends" is not found.
stock[!A-Z]	Finds all occurrences of items with the word "stock", followed by any non-alphabetic letters (A-Z). Thus "Stock Dividends" is found, but "Stockholders" is not.

To search for a line item:

In Find what, enter complete or partial text. Partial text can use a wildcard. The * wildcard is used by default. Select Match whole word only or Match case to limit your search.
Click Find Next to begin your search. Click Up to change the direction of the search upward in the line items; click Down to change the direction of the search downward in the line items.