Use this form to search for documents on this site containing specific
words or combinations of words. The search engine will display a list
of matching documents. Each item has a link to a matching document; if
the document has a title it will be shown, otherwise only the document's
file name is displayed.
Rules for formulating queries:
- Multiple consecutive words are treated as a phrase; they must appear
in the same order within a matching document.
- Queries are case-insensitive, so you can type your query in uppercase
or lowercase.
- You can search for any word except for those in the exception list
(for English, this includes a, an, and, as,
and other common words), which are ignored during a search.
- Words in the exception list are treated as placeholders in phrase
and proximity queries. For example, if you searched for “Word
for Windows”, the results could give you “Word for Windows” and “Word
and Windows”, because for is a noise word and appears
in the exception list.
- Punctuation marks such as the period (.), colon (:), semicolon (;),
and comma (,) are ignored during a search.
- To use specially treated characters such as &, |, ^, #, @, $,
(, ), in a query, enclose your query in quotation marks (“).
- To search for a word or phrase containing quotation marks, enclose
the entire phrase in quotation marks and then double the quotation
marks around the word or words you want to surround with quotes. For
example, “World-Wide Web or ““Web””” searches
for World-Wide Web or “Web”.
- You can use Boolean operators (AND, OR,
and NOT) and the proximity operator (NEAR)
to specify additional search information.
- The wildcard character (*) can match words
with a given prefix. The query esc* matches the terms “ESC,” “escape,” and
so on.
Boolean and Proximity
Operators
Boolean and proximity
operators can create a more precise query.
| To
Search For |
Example |
Results |
| Both
terms in the same page |
access
and basic
—Or—
access & basic |
Pages
with both the words “access” and “basic” |
| Either
term in a page |
cgi
or isapi
—Or—
cgi | isapi |
Pages
with the words “cgi” or “isapi” |
| The
first term without the second term |
access
and not basic
—Or—
access & ! basic |
Pages
with the word “access” but not “basic” |
| Both
terms in the same page, close together |
excel
near project
—Or—
excel ~ project |
Pages
with the word “excel” near the word “project” |
Wildcards
Wildcard operators
help you find pages containing words similar to a given word.
| To
Search For |
Example |
Results |
| Words
with the same prefix |
comput* |
Pages
with words that have the prefix “comput,” such as “computer,” “computing,” and
so on |
| Words
based on the same stem word |
fly** |
Pages
with words based on the same stem as “fly,” such as “flying,” “flown,” “flew,” and
so on |
Material above is an excerpt from the Microsoft Index Server
Guide. Portions Copyright 1997, Microsoft Corp.
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