# Searching for text strings

**URL:** <https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/searching-for-text-strings/609>\
**Category:** General Help\
**Created:** [October 4, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/searching-for-text-strings/609 "2019-10-04T20:22:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marty\_Deutsch](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/marty_deutsch/32/234_2.png) [@Marty\_Deutsch](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Marty_Deutsch)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/searching-for-text-strings/609/1 "2019-10-04T20:22:45Z")

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Hi – Can someone please explain what ‘keywords’ are and how Evolve finds text when you use the ‘search’ feature? Are these course/component tags? So, no way to simply search for text strings in your courses? Thanks