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Tips for Searching
At its
simplest, a query can be just a word or a phrase. But with the
tips on this page, you can expand the focus of your query to give
you more complete results. These tips will get you started with
basic query language and acquaint you with the full power of
Microsoft Index Server.
- Look
for words with the same prefix. For example, in your
query form type key* to find key,
keying, keyhole, keyboard, and
so on.
- Search
for all forms of a word. For example, in the form type sink**
to find sink, sinking, sank,
and sunk.
- Search
with the keyword OR, AND,
for words close to each other. For example, system and manager or baby or doll
- Refine
your queries with the AND NOT keywords
to exclude certain text from your search. For example, if
you want to find all instances of surfing but
not surfing the Net, write the following query:
surfing AND NOT the Net
- Add the OR
keyword to find all instances of either one word or
another, for example:
Abbott OR Costello
This query finds
all pages that mention Abbott or Costello or both.
- Put
quotation marks around keywords if you want Index Server
to take them literally. For instance, if you type the
following query:
"system
near manager"
Index Server will literally look for the complete phrase system
near manager. But if you type the same query without
the quotation marks:
system near manager
Index Server searches all documents for the words system
and manager.
We hope, these hints
will get you started.
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