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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. Look for words with the same prefix. For example, in your query form
type key* to find key, keying, keyhole, keyboard, etc. Search for all forms of a word. For example, in the form type sink**
to find sink, sinking, sank, and sunk. 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. 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 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. Put quotation marks around keywords to search them as a phrase.
For instance, if you type the following query: "system near manager" The Server will look for the complete phrase system near manager. But
if you type the same query without the quotation marks: system near manager The Server searches all documents for the words system and manager.
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