# Find anything with search

Press Ctrl+K (Cmd+K on a Mac) and type. Search looks through page titles and text, and also finds boards, forms and sheets by name.

![The search window with results for the word leave, each showing a title, its location and a highlighted snippet](https://thenotemaker.com/help/search.webp)

## Open search

-   Press **Ctrl+K** (or **Cmd+K**) anywhere in the workspace, or
-   choose **Search** in the left rail.

## Search

Type a few words. A page must contain every word, in its title or in its text, and partial words work, so `leav` finds `leave`.

Results are ranked so the best match comes first:

-   A page whose title is your whole phrase comes first.
-   Matches in a title count for more than matches in the text.
-   Pages you changed recently, and pages you open often, rank a little higher.

Each result shows its title, where it sits, and a short passage with your words highlighted.

## What it finds

-   **Pages**, including their sub-pages, with the collection or parent shown beside the title.
-   **Board cards**, labelled with the board they belong to.
-   **Boards, forms and sheets**, by their name.

You only see what you have access to. A private page that is not shared with you never appears.

## Open a result

Use the **↑** and **↓** keys to move through the list and press **Enter** to open one, or click it. The page opens, and the Pages panel opens the collections above it and highlights it, so you can see where it lives. Press **Esc** to close search without opening anything.

## Good to know

-   Pages in the [🗃️ Archive and trash](https://docs.thenotemaker.com/organise-and-share/archive-and-trash) and the trash are left out of results.
-   Search does not look inside form responses or the rows of a sheet.

> [!info] 💡
> Tip: search for a person's name to find the pages where they were mentioned.