To search topics in the information center, enter a query in the Search field and click Go. The results are shown in the Search Results view. Searches are not case-sensitive.
Each search result has a summary that contains the first
few sentences of the topic. You can hide the summary by selecting Hide
result descriptions (
) in the Search Results view.
When
you select a topic from the search results, the words from your search
query are highlighted in the displayed topic. To turn off the highlighting,
click Highlighting (
).
To
toggle between the navigation tree and the search results list, select
the Contents tab (
) or the Search
Results tab (
) in the navigation pane.
Searching for exact words or phrases
You can identify a search phrase as an exact string by enclosing it in quotation marks. For example, "log file" searches for the string log file. Without the quotation marks, the search finds instances of both the word log and the word file in the topics.Searching with wild cards
You can use these wild cards and Boolean operators in your searches.| Search criteria | Search result |
|---|---|
| * | any string |
| ? | any single character |
| "" | exact phrase |
| AND, OR, NOT | Boolean operators |
Performing a quick search
In the Contents
view, click Search Topics (
) on the toolbar. You can limit your search to the topic that
you are viewing or to that topic and its subtopics. If you search
a set of topics and your search terms are matched, the Search Results
view shows up to 500 ranked results.