You can narrow the search scope by product or focus area. Narrowing
the search scope is helpful if you are working with only a subset of the products
or features. Follow these steps to search only specific sections, based on
the organization in the Contents view.
About this task
To narrow the search scope:
Procedure
- Click the Search scope (
) link next to the Search field. The Select Search Scope window opens.
- Select Search only the following topics and
click the New button. The New Search List window opens.
- In the List Name field, type a name for
your search filter. The OK button remains
unavailable until you provide a list name.
- In the Topics to search list, select the
categories that you want to include in your search. You can expand categories
to select only certain subcategories.
- Click OK.
- Click Search only the following topics.
- Select the search list that you created. Click OK.
- Enter your search terms in the Search field. The results are limited to your search list.
- To modify the search scope or to remove the search filter, click Search
scope again and modify the filter.
Results
The search list that is currently active is 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.
Figure 1. Example of a search list persisting across sessions