Our search functionality is a full-text search, which means that it searches both the titles and the text of topics. You can enter text to search for in the search box and select whether to search for All words, Any words, or the Exact phrase you entered.
When you use the All words search option, you can further narrow your search using the following terms and wild cards:
- AND: Finds topics which include both the words supplied.
For example, searching for
summary and tablewill find topics that include both the words summary and table. - NOT: Finds topics which do not include the word supplied.
For example, searching for
weight not stepwill find topics that include the word weight but will exclude from the search results any topics that include the word step (even if they include the word weight). - *: A wild card used to represent zero or more letters or numbers.
For example, searching for
custom*will find topics that include the words Custom, Customize, Customizing, Customizable, and Customized.
You can combine these terms and wild cards. For example, searching for activ* and critical not schedule will return topics which include the words active, activity, and activities as well as the word critical, but will exclude from the results any topics which include the word schedule.
You can use all these search methods in both the help and the documentation library.