To search topics in the information center, enter a query in the Search field and click Go. The Search Results view in the left side of the interface displays the top 500 ranked results.
Select a search result to display that topic in the right side of the information center. The words from your query are highlighted in the displayed topic.
To switch on and off the highlight effect on the query
word, click Highlight Switch ( ).
You can also move your cursor over a topic title in the table of contents and open the Quick Menu to print or search that topic or its subtopics.
To toggle between the Contents
view and the Search Results list, click the Contents tab () or the Search Results
tab (
) at the bottom of the Navigation pane on the left
side of the information center.
Searches are not case-sensitive.
You can identify a search phrase as an exact string by enclosing it in double quotation marks. For example, the query log file searches for the phrase log file, not the separate words log and file. Without the quotation marks, the search term is interpreted to find instances of both the word log and the word file in the topics.
In English and German only, the search engine stems other forms of a single search word. For example, a search for the word challenge, will also find the word challenging. Surround the terms that you enter in the search field with double quotation marks (") when you do not want your search results to include such variations of the terms.
Search term | Results |
---|---|
database AND "log file" | Narrows the search to include topics that must contain both the term database and the phrase log file anywhere in the document. |
database OR "log file" | Widens the search to include topics that contain either the term database or the phrase log file anywhere in the document. |
database NOT "log file" | Searches for topics that contain database and that do not contain the phrase log file anywhere in the document. |
database OR "data base" NOT "log file" | Searches for documents that contain either the term database or the phrase data base and that do not contain the phrase log file anywhere in the document. |
By default, all topics shown in the Contents view are searched. You can, however, narrow your searches to a particular set of topics, called a search list and save search lists to use again later.
The search list that is currently active is always shown at the top of the information center, next to the Search scope link. The search list that you used most recently persists across sessions.