Searching Multiple Content Types

What is the best way to do an attribute search across multiple content types that may or may not have the same attributes? I've subclassed the document type to create an image type like they have in the examples. I would like to do a search across the name attribute of the document and the height attribute of the image. The results I get is the cartesian product of the two classes which is not very useful. Is there a way to do this?

Hi,
According to your description, my understanding is that it displayed only the first eleven content types after you set up multiple content type in your libraries.
I have created lots of content types and added them to library and it worked fine.
Please check the configuration of the content type order in library settings -> Change new button order and default content type, and provide the screen shot about is.
Please add multiple content types you created to other libraries and other libraries in other site collections and test whether this issue occurs.
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Dean Wang
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According to your description, my understanding is that it displayed only the first eleven content types after you set up multiple content type in your libraries.
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The problem I have is that for custom content types not all managed metadata columns are displayed in Document Information Panel (DIP) for the document in the Office client application.
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Yes!
This problem is solved right now.
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;
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This ticket is answered now! :-)
Kind regards,
Davy

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