Search Tips
At its simplest, a query can be just a word or a phrase.
But with the tips on this page, you can expand the focus of
your query to give you more complete results. These tips
will get you started with basic query language and acquaint you
with the full power of Microsoft Index Server.
- Look for words with the same prefix. For example, in your query
form type key* to find key, keying,
keyhole, keyboard, and so on.
- Search for all forms of a word. For example, in the form type sink** to
find sink, sinking, sank, and sunk.
- Search with the keyword NEAR, rather
than AND, for words close to each
other. For example, both of these queries, system
and manager and system near manager,
look for the words system and manager on the same
page. But with NEAR, the returned
pages are ranked in order of proximity: The closer together the
words are, the higher the rank of that page.
- Refine your queries with the AND NOT keywords
to exclude certain text from your search. For example, if you want
to find all instances of surfing but not surfing the
Net, write the following query:
surfing AND NOT the Net
- Add the OR keyword to find all
instances of either one word or another, for example:
Abbott OR Costello
This query finds all pages that mention Abbott or Costello or
both.
- Put quotation marks around keywords if you want Index Server
to take them literally. For instance, if you type the following
query:
"system near manager"
Index Server will literally look for the complete phrase system
near manager. But if you type the same query without the
quotation marks:
system near manager
Index Server searches all documents for the words system and manager.
These hints will get you started, but for more complex queries and
more examples, see the Query Language page.
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