Can I set up a synonym for a search term?

[burgundy]

Can I set up synonyms for a search term?

For example, I have some documents with "cobalamin" in the name but other documents use "B12" and yet others use "B-12".

I would like to enter a single search term to find documents with any of those terms. Is this possible?

[therube]

Search | Organize Filters... -> New... -> Name: mynewsearch, Search: cabalamin|b-12|b12, Macro: CB

Then you can search for CB:

[burgundy]

Search | Organize Filters... -> New... -> Name: mynewsearch, Search: cabalamin|b-12|b12, Macro: CB

Then you can search for CB:

That works well. Thank you. I imagine there's enough room in that list for a few dozen synonyms.

However I feel such synonyms don't really belong in the filter list and their definitions should be shown elsewhere.

[burgundy]

Search | Organize Filters... -> New... -> Name: mynewsearch, Search: cabalamin|b-12|b12, Macro: CB

Then you can search for CB:

I've just realised this works only for file names. Not for folder names.

(1) If you have set "Search > Match Path", then searching for "B12" will also find files which do NOT have "B12" in their name but which have "B12" in their path name.

(2) However replacing "B12" with "B12:" (while keeping "Match Path" on) will not find those entries.

So this method does not produce true synonyms.

[NotNull]

If you make it a bookmark instead of a filter like this:

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That should not be an issue (not tested).


Note:
Be aware that macro-names are case sensitive. In this case b12: will produce results, whereas B12: probably does not.