Why can’t I limit searches to the actual card content in AnKing?

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I understand your frustration with searching in the AnKing deck. Let me help you find a more precise way to search specifically in the main text field.

First, let me search for relevant information in the community to see if this has been addressed:

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Found 5 results for 'tags:official field specific search anking status:public'

Searching a Specific Field in the AnKing Deck

I understand your frustration with getting irrelevant search results when looking for specific medical terms. Based on your description, you want to search only the “Text” field for terms like “pericarditis” without matches from Extra, Lecture Notes, or Sketchy fields.

Solution for Searching the Text Field Only

Anki allows you to search within specific fields using the following syntax:

text:*pericarditis*

The asterisks are important as they act as wildcards, allowing the term to appear anywhere within the Text field (not just as an exact match). If you’re specifically looking for the main cloze content field in the AnKing deck, you should use:

text:*pericarditis*

Additional Tips for the AnKing Deck

  1. Field Name Sensitivity: Make sure you’re using the exact field name. In the AnKing deck, it’s usually “Text” with a capital T.

  2. Combining Searches: You can further refine your search by combining it with other criteria:

    text:*pericarditis* -extra:*pericarditis*

    This would find cards with “pericarditis” in the Text field but NOT in the Extra field.

  3. BetterSearch Add-on: The AnKing team actually recommends the BetterSearch add-on which can make field-specific searching more powerful.

  4. Smart Search: AnkiHub has a feature called Smart Search that might be helpful for more advanced content-based searches.

Try these methods and let me know if they help narrow down your results to just the cards that have “pericarditis” in the main question/answer content.