To search topics in the information
center, enter a query in the Search field and click Go.
The Search Results view in the left hand side of the interface displays the
top 500 ranked results. Select a search result to display that topic in the
right hand side of the help system. The words from your query are highlighted
in the displayed topic.
To toggle between the navigation tree and the search results list, click
the Contents tab (
) or the Search
Results tab (
)
at the bottom of the left hand side of the interface.
Searches are not case-sensitive.
Searching for exact words or phrases
You can identify
a search phrase as an exact string by enclosing it in double quotation marks.
For example, "log file" searches for the string log file,
not the separate words log and file. Without the quotation
marks, the search term is interpreted to find instances of both the word log and
the word file in the topics.
In English and German only, the
search engine "stems" other forms of a single search word. For example, a
search for the word challenge, will also find the word challenging.
Surround the terms you enter in the search field with double quotation marks
when you do not want your search results to include such variations of the
terms.
Searching with wildcards
You can use the following
wildcard characters:
- * Asterisk - for multiple unknown or variable characters in the term.
For example, the search term par* returns partly, participate, partial,
and other words beginning with par.
- ? Question mark - for a single unknown or variable character. For example,
the search term par? returns part but not partial or partly.
Searching with Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT)
You
can insert the binary operators: AND, OR, and NOT in your search term. For
example:
- database AND "log file"
- Narrows the search to include topics that must contain both of the terms database and
"log file" anywhere in the document.
- database OR "log file"
- Widens the search to include topics that contain either the term database or
the phrase log file anywhere the document.
- database NOT "log file"
- Searches for topics that contain database and which
do not contain the phrase log file anywhere the document.
- database OR "data base" NOT "log file"
- Searches for documents that contain the term database or
the phrase data base and which do not contain the phrase log
file anywhere the document.
Narrowing your search scope
By default, all topics
shown in the Contents view are searched. However, you can narrow your searches
to a particular set of topics, called a search list and save
search lists to use again later.
To create a search list:
- Click the Search scope link next to the Search field. The Select
Search Scope window opens.
- Select the Search only the following topics radio button and click
the New push button. The New Search List window opens.
- In the Topics to search list, select the navigation categories
that you want to include in your search. You can expand categories to select
only certain subcategories.
Note: In some browsers (for example Konqueror and Safari), the
functionality to save search lists is not provided.
The
search list that is currently active is always shown at the top of the help
browser, next to the Search scope link. The search list that you last
used persists across sessions that you use the system.