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# Using the Filter Tool

When there are many files in a directory, it can be cumbersome to search for a particular file. You can use the Filter tool to display a particular subset of the existing files.

To use the Filter tool:

1. Enable the Filter button.
2. Type in a character string in the Filter String field, including wildcards such as *.

   For example, suppose that you are loading a font to be used in the Text module and you only want to display the oblique fonts. All the oblique fonts have “oblique” in the file name, for example, Courier-Oblique, Helvetica-BoldOblique, or Helvetica-Oblique. You would enter “*Oblique*” in the Filter field.

   NoteText entered in the Filter field is case-sensitive.
3. Press Enter.

   The filter is applied: only the files that have the character string in their file name are displayed in the file browser.

4. To disable the current filter and view all files, disable the Filter button.
   NoteThe Filter tool uses standard UNIX wildcard conventions. For example, if you filter on the word “Oblique” (without a wildcard), the tool will not recognize something like “Helvetica-Oblique”.