How to Search in this Book
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Search is not case-sensitive.
Example
For example, a search for the word
dogfinds matches forDoganddog. -
Search highlighting shows the matches in the topic.
Note - Not all search words might be highlighted in the search results.
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In the search results list, click the applicable topic to open it.
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When you separate search words with a blank space, the search always uses the boolean AND operator.
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cat dog -
To search for a phrase (specific words that must appear together), enclose the search phrase in double quotation marks.
Such search also supports the leading or trailing whitespace characters.
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"Dog Friendly" -
You can search for specific words that must appear in the same topic file.
Example
Use one of these separators between all the search words:
Separator Examples The boolean AND operator
cat AND dog And mousecat And dog and mousecat and dog and mouseThe plus symbol (+)
cat + dog + mouseThe ampersand symbol (&)
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You can search for topic files that contain any of the specific words.
Example
Use one of these separators between all the search words:
Separator Examples The boolean OR operator
cat OR dogcat Or dogcat or dog or mouseThe pipe symbol (|)
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You can search for topic files that contain the specific words and do not contain other specific words.
Example
Use one of these separators to exclude the specific search words:
Separator Examples The boolean NOT operator cat NOT dogcat Not dogcat not dogcat ! dogThe boolean XOR operator
cat ^ dog -
To combine search words and search operators, use parentheses
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cat and (dog or mouse) -
The search field supports partial word search when you enter between 3 and 10 characters.
The partial word search ignores the leading or trailing whitespace characters.
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The search field does not support wildcards (
*,?,.) or regular expressions. -
The search field ignores specific words.