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Select the correct Keywords option |
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- When you specify the exact phrase, each result
will contain at least one occurrence of all of the words in the exact order you
typed them, with no other words in between.
- When you specify all words, each result will contain at least one occurrence
of every one of the words, though not necessarily in the order you typed them.
Use spaces to separate words
- When you specify any words, each result will contain at least one occurrence
of one of the words, but not necessarily all of them. Use spaces to separate words.
- When you specify Boolean search, you can use the AND, OR, and NOT Boolean operators
along with your search words. |
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Boolean phrases (or operators) are special words that
can help you create more powerful search phrases.
The Boolean operators supported are: AND, OR, AND NOT, NEAR, and "exact phrase".
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Examples |
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Searching for black AND white returns pages that contain
at least one occurrence of both words.
Searching for black OR white returns pages that contain at least one occurrence
of either word.
Searching for black NOT white or black AND NOT white returns pages that contain
at least one occurrence of black, but no occurrences of white.
You can also use parentheses with Boolean operators to perform more complex searches.
For example, searching for black AND white AND NOT (red OR blue) returns pages
that contain at least one occurrence of both black and white but no occurrences
of either red or blue. |
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Search For
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Example |
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| phrase in a page |
"black white" |
pages with the phrase
"balck white" |
both terms in the same
page
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black white
-or-
black and white
-or-
black & white |
pages with both the
words "black" and "white" |
| either term in a page |
black or white
-or-
black | white
-or-
black , white |
pages with the words
"black" or "white" |
| the first term without
the second term |
black and not white
-or-
black & ! white |
pages with the word
"black" but not "white" |
| both terms in the same
page, close together |
black near white
-or-
black ~ white |
pages with the word
"black" near the word "white" |
| words with the same
prefix |
comput* |
pages with words that
have the prefix "comput", such as "computer", computing",
and so on. |
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To narrow your search and get more accurate results
Use quotation marks("). Put quotation marks ("
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around words in your search that should be treated as a phrase. For example, if
you are looking for
information about Michael Jordan rather than the country Jordan, type "Michael
Jordan" in the search text box.
Use several search words.
More words will usually reduce the number of results, and give you results that
are more relevant.
?Use precise search words.
The more descriptive your search words are, the more likely it is that you will
find useful information.
You can type up to 150 characters in the search text box.
Check your spelling.
If your results are not what you are looking for, a typo might be the cause.
?Use synonyms.
If you do not get relevant results, try using other words to describe what you
want.
If you get few or no search results, try expanding your search:
?Make your search more general.
For example, instead of using specific product names, try using the generic product
category
and see if you get more results.
Use other words.
Your search word(s) might be "stopwords", which are words or numbers
that appear so often
that a search for them is meaningless. Typing a stopword in the search text box
will return no results.
Examples of stopwords are: "a", "it", "and", "the",
and "of".
Check your spelling.
If your results are not what you are looking for, a typo might be the cause.
Use synonyms.
If you do not get relevant results, try using other words to describe what you
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