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title: "Search for Documents"
slug: "search-documents"
updated: 2026-07-21T21:39:12Z
published: 2026-07-21T21:39:12Z
canonical: "support.beast-code.com/search-documents"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.beast-code.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Search for Documents

Use the Search plugin’s Documents tab in Beast Core 6 to locate uploaded PDF documents.

## Search Plugin → Documents Tab

1. Select the **Documents** tab in the Search plugin window:
  - On the main screen

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-CU70SHG4.png)
  - Or, In the left-hand content pane

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-07-21 153501(1).png)

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> To expand this pane:
> 
> - Hover over the right edge of the content pane until a new vertical blue line appears
> - Click and drag this blue line toward the right
> 
> 
> 
> ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Search_Gif2(3).gif)
2. Type a keyword (i.e., part of a document’s title) into the Search textbox.

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> Click the **X** on the far right side of the Search textbox at any time to begin a new search.
> 
> 
> 
> ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-03-11 110154.png)
3. Try a different keyword if a searched word yields no document results.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-KTMCV2JZ.png)
4. The number of returned search results displays as a circled number beside the **Documents** tab.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-1129ZQSG.png)
5. When a search results table contains more than one entry, you can sort certain columns by left clicking the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-WD6DVPYL.png) icon to the right of the displayed column title.
  - Text-based data sorts (A to Z) or (Z to A)
  - Numerical data sorts (low - high) or (high - low)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-03-11 112133(1).png)
6. To open an available document:
  - Click the **Ellipsis** icon ![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/image-GL4QG2A5.png) in that document’s table row
  - Select **Open Document** on the pop-up Document **Action Menu**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2026-03-05 100011(2).png)
  - Your selected document opens in the Document Viewer plugin

![](https://cdn.document360.io/820c65d9-cf4e-4289-9237-5bc834b3bd3e/Images/Documentation/Search_Gif5.gif)