Search Tips

The AnswerBook2 library on any specific documentation server can contain from one to several hundred document collections, each of which can include from one to several books and man pages. To specify that a search apply only to a specific subset of the library, select Personal Library, Man Pages by Keyword, This Book, or AnswerBook2 Help from the pop-up menu in the Search box.

If you get too many matches when you search, try the following:

• Define a subset of the library (a Personal Library) and confine the search to that subset. For information about defining a Personal Library, see "Customizing AnswerBook2 Information".

• Confine the search to a specific book by going into that book, then selecting This Book from the pop-up menu in the Search box.

• Search for man (manual) page information by entering a command, utility, or keyword in the Search field and selecting Man Pages by Keyword from the pop-up menu in the Search box. The man page search includes all SGML-based man pages on the server.

• Use logical operators (AND, OR) or wildcards (*). For more information about search syntax options, see "Search Rules".

If your search results in too few matches, try the following:

• Use fewer words or use "OR" between these words (rather than "AND" which is the default).

• To increase the number of documents that are searched, select a larger search "scope" (for example, select Personal Library instead of This Book or Complete Library instead of Personal Library) . To continue to search a subset of the library, redefine your Personal Library to include additional collections.

• Use a wildcard to find variations of a word. For example, instead of looking for installation, try install*. This matches anything that begins with install, such as installing, installed, installation, and so on.

• Try synonyms of the word for which you are looking. For example, instead of boot, try start or startup.