Looking up "shadow file", a topic I wrote about a great deal, I get unrelated results. I searched in PD8.

PD10 ... "Trim" and "Split" both pulled in replies.

Dafydd

ok..Ghost in the machine..I guess..workes now for me too.

Fred - answer - YES. Partially working search = broken.

Search field: "camera"
Search all forums - 307 results (gotta be kidding!)
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 14119 results
Search PD10 - 11 results
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 194 results
Search PD9 - 3 results (yeh, sure)
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 63 results, mostly unrelated
Search PD8 & earlier - 1 result
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 25 results, mostly unrelated

Search field: "PiP"
Search all forums - 22 results
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 14119 results
Search PD10 - 6 results
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 193 results
Search PD9 - 0 results
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 63 results
Search PD8 & earlier - 0 results
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 25 results

Notice something odd about the numbers?

Anyway - most of us didn't come here to test PD, let alone how well the forum search engine functions!

Fred - answer - YES!

Cheers - Tony
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Results above using Mozilla Firefox. Here's what happened with Google Chrome... at least there's some consistency between browsers!

Search field: "camera"
Search all forums - 309 results
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 14122 results
Search PD10 - 13 results
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 196 results
Search PD9 - 3 results
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 63 results, mostly unrelated
Search PD8 & earlier - 1 result
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 25 results, mostly unrelated

Search field: "PiP"
Search all forums - 23 results
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 14122 results
Search PD10 - 7 results
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 196 results
Search PD9 - 0 results
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 63 results
Search PD8 & earlier - 0 results
- but if "Search any term" is checked - 25 results

Here's a funny thing. Over in the DirectorZone forum, where the Search function hasn't functioned consistently for years, it appears to be working correctly. Both forums use the same JForum software. Trouble is, pretty soon, no one will go there to search for anything!

Search on DZ (searching all available forums): "camera" 55 pages of results, "PiP" - 80 pages of results (whatever is checked)

Cheers - Tony
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Yes, and it looks like it is affecting Google searches too. Go to the following link and click the first entry pointing to the forum:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Slow+motion+video+with+frame+interpolated+technology%22+in+PowerDirector+10&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Something is definitely WRONG or changed!!