You can search all topics in the information
center, search an individual topic or topic collection, or create
a search scope to search only a subset of the information. The Search
Results view can display up to 500 results, sorted by relevance.
About this task
To toggle between the Contents view and the Search Results
view, click the Contents tab (
) or the Search
Results tab (
).
Note: Search strings are not case-sensitive.
You
can search the information center by using either of the following
methods:
Procedure
- To search all of the topics that are included in the information
center, enter a query in the Search field and
click Go. You can also create a
search scope to regularly search only a subset of the topics.
- To search a particular topic or a set of topics, select
them in the navigation tree and then click Search Topics (
) on the toolbar
of the Contents view. Select Search this topic or Search
this topic and all subtopics, enter your query in the Search field,
and click OK.
Results
The Search Results view displays the topics that match your
search query. Select a topic from the list of search results to view
it. The matching terms are highlighted in the topic.
What to do next
You can use the icons on the toolbar to control the search
results:
- To display or hide the summary under each search result, click Show
result descriptions (
).
- To group or ungroup the search results by category, click Group
search results (
).
- To enable or disable search highlighting, click Highlighting (
).