Tuesday, August 31, 2010

How to Search

The most common way to find stuff is using the search field at the top of the left column on every page.

To search, type a term or text string in the field and click Search. The wiki will list all possible matches--first page "hits" with matching terms in the title, then pages with matching terms in the body of the article.

To find a page with a specific title, type the name and click Go. The wiki takes you directly to the page with the title that matches the string in the search box (if it exists).

To get to the search options page, leave the search box empty and click either Go or Search.

NOTE: All searches are case-sensitive. If a search fails to return an entry, try searching for capped, mixed-case, then lowercase text to check for possible variants. (For example, "microsoft", "Microsoft", and "MS")

3 comments:

  1. This sure helps. Sometimes it is overwhelming to try to search for something because so many results come up

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  2. I really like this feature because I use search a lot, and anything that makes it easier certainly would be helpful.

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  3. I really enjoy reading certain wikis.

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