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| <h1>Help search</h1> |
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| In the Search Dialog, the Help Search tab allows you to search on-line documentation. |
| You can bring up the Search Dialog by choosing <b>Search > Help</b> from the menu.</p> |
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| <h2>Search Expression</h2> |
| <p>Type the expression for which you wish to do the help search.</p> |
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| <p>From the drop-down menu, you can choose to repeat or |
| modify a recent search.</p> |
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| <h3>Advanced Search options</h3> |
| <p>Use following expression rules when creating and advanced query:</p> |
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| <li>"*" matches any set of characters, including the empty string</li> |
| <li>"?" matches for any character</li> |
| <li>Double quotation marks around terms indicate terms should be treated as a phrase</li> |
| <li>AND operator requires terms on both sides of the operator to exist in the document; |
| If no operator is specified between terms, there is an implicit AND between them</li> |
| <li>OR operator requires term on either of the operator to exist in the document</li> |
| <li>NOT operator in front of a term requires the term not to exist in the document</li> |
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| <h2>Scope</h2> |
| <p>Choose the scope of your search. You can either search all topics, |
| or pre-defined working set.</p> |
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| <a href="../concepts/csearchview.htm">Search view</a><br> |
| <a href="../concepts/cworkset.htm">Working sets</a><br> |
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| <a href="../tasks/tsearch.htm">Searching online help</a><br> |
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