Searching footnotes?

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#1
I'm interested in searching the footnotes. Is that possible?

For example, Pres. Nelson delivered a presentation at a leadership meeting on March 31, 2022, which was later shared as an article in the October 2022 Liahona, titled "The Everlasting Covenant". I know that Elder Christofferson and Elder Anderson cited that article in their October 2022 General Conference talks. I suspect others might have, as well. Is there a way to search that?

Thanks,
D.G.
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I tried searching a few different ways and this seems to be the situation:

1-There does not seem to be any way to search against the text of GC footnotes in the Gospel Library for Windows app.

2-There IS a way to search for this text through Google from the Church's website:

https://www.google.com/search?as_q=&as_ ... type=&tbs=

3-There does NOT, however, seem to be a way to search only for the text of footnotes from the Church's website.
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Samuel Bradshaw • If you desire to serve God, you are called to the work.
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Sam,

Good to chat with you again!

Thanks for verifying that.

Just to clarify: do you agree w/my conclusion #3 that there is no way to search only against the footnotes field, or is there actually a way to do so?
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spencer.penrod wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 8:09 am Sam,

Good to chat with you again!

Thanks for verifying that.

Just to clarify: do you agree w/my conclusion #3 that there is no way to search only against the footnotes field, or is there actually a way to do so?
Hi! :)
Yes, I think that's correct – there's no way to search only in footnotes.
Samuel Bradshaw • If you desire to serve God, you are called to the work.