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.
When you select a topic from the search results list, optionally click the Show
in Table of Contents () icon on the information center border
to show the location of the topic in the Contents view. The Contents view
opens on the left, in front of the Search Results view.
Searches are not case-sensitive.
Task |
Steps |
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Toggling between the Contents view and the Search Results list |
Click the Contents
tab ( |
Searching for exact words or phrases |
You can identify a search phrase as an exact string by enclosing it in double quotation marks. For example, “log file” searches for the string "log file" together, 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 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. |
Searching with wildcard characters |
You can use the following wildcard characters:
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Searching with Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) |
You can insert the binary operators AND, OR, and NOT in your search term. For example:
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Narrowing your search scope |
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. To create a search list:
Note: In some browsers (for example Konqueror and Safari), the functionality
to save search lists is not provided.
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. |