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Centrus Desktop Reference for Windows
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The Quick Find option is usable after launching Centrus Desktop. The Quick Find option is the easiest and fastest way in which to perform an address search.

To use Quick Find:
  1. From the menu, click Tools and select Quick Find, or select the  icon from the toolbar.

The Quick Find window opens.

Listed below are the options available from this window:

Option Description
Standard This is the default tab when the Quick Find window opens.

Enter a standard three-part address into the text boxes, and click Find to process the address.

  • If a match is made, use the Map function to map the current address. If a match is not made, click Query to access the Query function, which can help resolve the address.
  • The Copy Mailing Address To Clipboard button copies the Firm Name (if available), Address Line, Address Line 2 (if available), and Last Line to the Clipboard.
  • The Print button displays the output in Notepad.
Note: The information copied to the Clipboard is from the results tree, rather than the input boxes. Hence, the information is only available after Centrus Desktop finds a successful match.
Multiline

Enter a free-form address into a single text box, and click Find to process the address.

This option is for addresses that are more that one line long. For example:

Attn. Product Management Precisely

4750 Walnut St.

Ste 200

Boulder, CO 80301

  • If a match is made, use the Map function to map the current address.
  • The Private Mail Box Designator and Private Mail Box Number output address elements are not available.
  • The Query function is unavailable in Multiline mode.
Note: This option does not affect Canadian processing.
Address Wizard

Verifies that you have supplied correct and complete information. Address Wizard mode corrects all elements of an address.

  • If you enter an address that is known to have apartments or multiple units, a dialog box displays with the possible unit numbers. Enter the unit number and click OK.:
  • If the address has more than one possible match, a dialog appears with the possible matches. Select the appropriate street name and click OK:
Note: This option does not affect Canadian processing.
  • The Auto Search option at the bottom of the window tells Address Wizard to begin searching after a few seconds of keyboard inactivity. Address Wizard also attempts a match on partial addresses.
  • If Auto Search is not checked, you must click Find or press Enter to perform the address lookup.
Find Click Find, after entering an address, to run the address search.
Print Click Print to print out address results.
Reset Click Reset to clear entered address information.
Map

Click Map to view address results in a map.
Query

By clicking Query, the Resolve the Address window opens. Available only with the Standard and Address Wizard tabs. See Navigating the Query Directory for more information on the Query directory, and see Specifying the Search Filter for more information on the Search Filter section of the Resolve the Address window.
Help

Click Help to open the Help Topics window.
Cancel

Click Cancel to end address search and close the Quick Find window.
  1. To search for a standard address, enter the known address information in the fields given in the Standard tab.
    • If you have a multiline address as explained above for the Multiline tab, enter that address is the field provided.
  2. Click Find.
    • For more information on the results in the Results screen, see Status codes.
    • If applicable, complete the information in the USPS Mailer Information dialog box.

The USPS Mailer Information dialog box only appears if you select address elements that contain DPV, LACSLink, or SuiteLink information. The USPS requires this information for processing of false-positive matches that may occur when processing records for DPV or LACSLink data. Note the path to the false-positive report file in case GeoStan™ encounters a false-positive address while processing. Select the Save values as Centrus Desktop defaults checkbox, and Centrus automatically populates the fields the next time the window appears.

Navigating the Query Directory

Important: Double-click any entry in the query directory to expand or contract it. Double-click a house-range entry to accept it as the correct record and paste it into the Results section of the Process window.

When a query result first displays, the Records section displays Country and State. Queries display in a hierarchical nature in the Records section of the Query window. Each level of the hierarchical directory is indented below its parent level. All entries are sorted alphabetically, including Street Block and House Range.

The following table describes the levels of the directory:

Level Description
Country Always USA. The Centrus Desktop area is the 50 states and Washington, D.C., plus Puerto Rico and other U.S. Protectorates.
State

Displays the two letter state abbreviations that match the search filter criteria.

If the ZIP Code is for a different state, two state abbreviations display.
City

Displays the city names that match the search filter. If the City entry in the filter is "C", then all city names beginning with "C" display. Some city names are displayed with a different name in parentheses. The name in parentheses is the city name the USPS wants you to use when mailing to that location. The name outside of the parentheses is a name that the USPS recognizes and may not be a city name at all. These names might be buildings, military installations, or even large corporations.

Street Name

Contains the full street name including directionals and street type. For example, there are separate entries for "N Main St" and "S Main St". A street may also appear with (Alias) next to the street name, which indicates Centrus Desktop used a different name to match the street name with the search filter.
Street Block

Contains one block of house ranges. A Street Block often is the same as an actual city block, but not always. In some instances, a Street Block may represent a partial city block. Less frequently, a Street Block represents several city blocks. Street blocks list a range of all house numbers that might appear on that block.

House Range

 Displays the actual range information contained in the USPS files. For example, 1000-1098 Kearney St NE, 20017-4526 (S,E). The first part of this line is the house range and full street name. The next entry is the 9-digit ZIP Code for that house range. In parentheses are displayed the Record Type and Record Parity.

Any adjustment of the Search Filter collapses the Query directory to the proper point. For example, if you modify the House, Street, or Unit, the directory collapses to the City level.

Specifying the Search Filter

The Search Filter section of Query allows you to specify the limits of your query. In general, the more information you enter into the search filter, th more refined the search results, which means that fewer possible matches display in the Records section.

At a minimum, the Search Filter requires you to enter a city and state, or a ZIP Code. If the entered city and state are for one state but the ZIP Code is for a different state, the two states display in the Records section, and you must choose which state to search.

The Search Filter section contains the following fields:

  • The House entry optionally specifies a house number. You can use this to limit the search to only those streets that have a block on which that house number would fall. If you enter 1000, a house range of 200-300 does not match. If this entry is blank, all ranges match.
  • The Street entry may contain zero or more characters. If this entry is blank, all streets are displayed. If the Street entry was "APPLEW", streets with the name of "Applewood" or "Appleworm" would both match, but "Apple" would not.
Note: The Street entry should be a base street name only; it should not contain pre- directionals, post-directionals, or street types. For example, "Vine" is a valid entry for Boulder, CO, but "Vine PL" is invalid due to the additional street type ("PL").
  • The Unit entry is similar to the House entry, except that it contains the unit number, such as "12" or "E". House ranges that do not contain the given unit number do not display. Because the USPS does not list separate unit numbers for all buildings, house range entries that do not have any unit numbers match any unit number entered. This is consistent with USPS CASS requirements.
  • The City entry takes at least the first letter of the cities to be displayed. Centrus Desktop displays all the cities within the given state which match the letters in the City entry. The state abbreviation, however, must be a recognized state abbreviation or Centrus Desktop ignores the entries for both City and State.
  • The ZIP entry generates the list of possible cities. It does not determine which entries Centrus Desktop displays in the Records section. The Zip entry must be a valid five- digit or three-digit ZIP Code. Three-digit ZIP Codes are commonly referred to as Sectional Centers. A Sectional Center is comprised of all five-digit ZIP Codes that begin with those three digits.