<p class="Head1"><help:help-id value="SID_FM_FILTER_START" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="form-based filters; in databases" tag="kw66040_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="searching; in databases" tag="kw66040_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="formfilter" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:link Id="66040">Form-based Filters</help:link></help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="formfiltertext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:help-text value="visible">Use this icon to prompt the database server to filter the visible data by <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>specified criteria.</help:help-text></help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph">Unlike the normal search which is called up by the icon <help:link Id="65888" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Find Record...</help:link> on the form bar, you can search much faster by using the form-based filter (as usually a quick database server is charged with the search) and entering more complex search conditions.</p>