Find Properties
If you are looking for a property, unit or constant but cannot find it,
you can use the Find button to search the properties database. The Find
button is in both the Constants and the Units Conversions dialog boxes.
Enter a search word or part word and click OK. </P>
<P><img src="/images/calc/CalcHelp/cnstfind.gif" width="216" height="96" /></P>
<P>The next property, unit or constant matching the search will be
displayed, <DFN TITLE="find const, prop">if found</DFN>. You can
continue searching for further occurrences using the Find Next button
until no more matches can be found. The search above will find various
physical properties of water, but also units containing the term
"water", for example inches of water as a measure of pressure. </P>
<P>Some of the properties use scientific names, such as "mass", which are
not always the ones in common use. For example someone wishing to
convert kitchen measures is more likely to be thinking in terms of
"weights" than "mass" of flour required to bake a cake. If you search
for the word "weight", you will find the property "mass" because the
database stores the common names for most properties. You can see these
common names (or aliases) when you edit units. They are separated by
semicolons, and only the first is normally shown. </P>