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| Tips for Seaching |
| 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. |
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| Look
for words with the same prefix. For example, in your query
form type key* to find key, keying, keyhole, keyboard, and
so on. |
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| Search for all forms
of a word. For example, in the form type sink**
to find sink, sinking, sank, and sunk |
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| 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. |
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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 the Net, write the following query:
surfing AND NOT
the Net
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| 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. |
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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. |
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Use
Free Text Queries if you want to enter queries using
natural language. Index Server will examine your query,
extract nouns and noun phrases and construct a query for
you. With free text queries you can enter any text you want,
from a proper question, to a string of words and phrases,
without worrying about the query language. For example, if
you type in the following query:
"How do I use the Index
Server administration snap-in?"
Index Server will create a query for you automatically and
begin the search. Note that when you're using free text
queries, the regular query language features are disabled
and keywords such as AND, OR,
and NEAR are interpreted as normal words. |
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