Working with Full Text Search
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5. Click OK. Information about the search is displayed under Search Results in the left pane.
Formatting a Full Text Search Using the Root Expander
Use the root expander (!) to retrieve words with
variant endings. The root expander must always
be placed at the end of a term. For example,
Type To retrieve
contribut! contribute
contributed
contributor
contributing
contribution
contributory
Plurals and possessive forms are automatically
retrieved without a root expander.
Using the Universal Character
Use the universal character (*) to represent one
variable character. You can place the universal
character anywhere in a term except at the
beginning. For example,
Type To retrieve
gr*w grew
grow
Note: When you place one or more universal
characters at the end of a term, you specify
the maximum length of that term.
Using Connectors
Use connectors to specify the relationships that
should exist between search terms in your
retrieved documents. For example,
Typ e To search for documents that
contain
& (and) both terms
a space (or) either term or both terms
/n terms within n terms of each other
(where n is a number)
+n the first term preceding the second
by n terms (where n is a number)
“ ” terms appearing in the same order as
in the quotation marks
Typ e To exclude documents that contain
% (but not) the terms following the percent
symbol
Click Edit to edit
your search.
Click Report to
create a report for
your search.
Click the Term
arrows to view the
next or previous
search term in your
result.