Online help: basic search

In the online help window, clicking Search opens the search panel. You can enter search terms and click List Topics, or you can click an item in the autocomplete list to display the search results. Clicking a search result displays the help topic.

The basic word search finds topics that contain all the words that you enter in the search box. For example, entering "dogs chase cats" finds topics that contain the words dogs and chase and cats.

To search for a phrase, you must enclose the phrase in quotes. For example, entering "dogs chase cats" finds topics that contain the exact phrase dogs chase cats.

Search results are listed in the results in rank order, from highest to lowest. Ranking indicates the relative number of occurrences of the search word or phrase in the topics. When a topic is displayed, the search word or phrase is highlighted in yellow.

TIPS:

• Searches are case insensitive by default. You can also choose case-sensitive searches.

• You can include special characters in phrase searches. If you include special characters in basic word searches, the special characters are treated as spaces.