Elan offers an option to search for an expression through multiple files. To access it, go to
This will open the following dialog box:
The result window contains the following fields for every
found annotation:
Nr: the order in which the results appear
File: the file that contains the result
Tier: the tier that contains the result
Before / After: the annotation as found before and after the annotation that matches the search expression
Annotation: the search result itself
Begin time, end time, duration: of the annotation unit that was found
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It is not possible to restrict the search results to a certain tier or to specify extra structural or temporal constraints. |
The displayed search results can be exported to a tab-separated text file as well. The exported files are very similar to that described in Section 6.2.4.
Just click on
next to the button.Enter a filename.
Select the
button.If you click on one of the listed annotations, a new Elan window will be opened, and that annotation unit will be selected. When clicking on another result, the newly opened window is reused.
If you right click somewhere in the list ELAN shows a context menu with the following options:
, , , , , , : uncheck a columns if you do not want it to be in the result table
:change the font size of the result table
: change time format to milliseconds or back to hh:mm:ss.ms.
: export the table as tab-delimited text without the hidden columns