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Boolean Operators in Search

The search automatically performs a Boolean AND for multiple words. In the example print figure, it finds all pages that have both the word print and the word figure, although the page might not necessarily have the exact phrase "print figure".

You can refine the search by including the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT between words. The operators must be in all capital letters and there must be a space before and after each operator. The Boolean operators are evaluated in left to right order.

Example Using Boolean Operators in Search.   Type

print OR printing AND figure NOT exporting

to find all pages that contain the words print and figure, or printing and figure, but only if the page does not contain the word exporting. At the top of the results list are any pages that contain all AND and OR search words in the page title.

More About Search

These are the guidelines search uses:

• Insignificant words (a, an, the, of) are ignored.
• Search is not case sensitive.
• You cannot enter quotation marks around words to find exact phrases and you cannot use wildcards. To look for an exact phrase within the displayed page, use Edit -> Find.
• Search does not find operators and special characters, such as +, so instead use the Index.
• Search does not find numbers, but does find text that contains numbers. For example, search does not find 7, but does find V7.
• If you are searching for information about an option, try including the hyphen (-) before the option, for example, save -append.
• Search does not find words in demos.
• If you search for a function that is used in multiple products (called an overloaded function), the reference pages for all those products are listed. Use the Product column to determine the reference page you want.

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