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Enter a search string in the search dialog and click on the Search button or press Enter. Capitalization is ignored.




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Examples and guidelines

The following examples illustrate the different types of search requests you can specify:

animal
Search for the existence of the single word animal in any topic.


my animal farm
Search for the existence of the phrase my animal farm in any topic.


my animal farm, dog
Search for the existence of the phrase my animal farm OR the word dog in any same topic, using a comma to separate one or more words or phrases from each other.


*dog*
Search for words that contain the letters dog using the asterisk (*) — the multiple-character wildcard — to substitute for one or more characters anywhere in a word. In this example, *dog* would find matches such as doghouse, dogcatcher, dogma or Reddog if any one of them existed in any topic.


c?t
Search for three-letter words that begin with the letter c AND end with the letter t using the question mark (?) — the single-character wildcard — to substitute for a single character anywhere in a word. In this example, c?t would cause search to find matches on such words as cat, cot, or cut if any one of them existed in any topic.


lion & tigers
Search for the existence of both the word lion AND the word tigers in any same topic.


cat | dog
Search for the existence of either the word cat OR the word dog in any same topic.


opossum ! sleep
Search for the existence of only the word opossum BUT NOT the word sleep in any same topic.


(cat | dog) ! tigers
Search for the existence of either the word cat OR dog, BUT NOT tigers in any same topic using parentheses — grouping operators — to group together words or phrases to change the order of precedence of the search. In this example, a match will occur if either cat exists without tigers or if dog exists without tigers, in any same topic.


cat '&' mouse | kitten's fur
Search for the phrase cat & mouse OR the phrase kitten's fur using single quotes — the AS IS operator — to prevent special characters from being treated as search operators. In this example, the ampersand (&) and the apostrophe (') are treated as regular characters.

Exception: When a single-quote (or apostrophe) character is part of a search request, as in kitten's fur, it is only necessary to add one single quote to treat it as an apostrophe.


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