Searching for help topics
If you can’t find what you need using the Contents or Index, you can search for words using the Search feature.
The Search feature of this online guide returns results ranked by relevance. The ranking considers frequency (the number of times the words appear in a topic), proximity (how close the words are, when you use more than one word), and importance (if the words appear in topic headings, for example).
Common words (such as “and”, “for”, “that”, and so on) are ignored when you search.
When you enter more than one word, all the words you enter must appear in a topic to be considered a match. If you don’t get any results, try removing some words.
If you would like a more specific search results, use a search operator. Search operators are symbols that give you more control over the results. Search operators can be combined to produce the best search results.
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Search for an exact match "indexing report" |
The user puts a term in quotes to search for the exact term. The help system ranks exact matches higher, and highlights the term. Items that include slight variations will be ranked lower, with no highlighted text. |
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Search for either word index OR report |
If you have several words that could possibly be included in a text, but do not need all of them to be on the same page, include OR between the words. The words are highlighted in different colors. |
To search for help topics
| 1 | Click Search in the navigation options. (If you don’t see the navigation options, click the Show navigation button to display the navigation pane.) |
| 2 | Enter one or more words to search for. |
| 3 | Choose Search. |
The software returns a relevance-ranked list of topics matching the words you entered.
| 4 | Click an item in the list to view that topic. |
| 5 | Optionally, you can save your search to your Favorites by clicking the Add search string to favorites button ( ). (For more information, see Using Favorites.) |
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