Using the search criteria "Boolean search" (Step #2), you can build a query using the advanced search syntax of Microsoft site server search. Highlights follow!
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Boolean and proximity operators can be used to create a more precise query.
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both terms in the
same page |
access and basic -or-
access & basic |
pages with both the words "access" and "basic" |
| either term in a page |
cgi or isapi -or-
cgi | isapi |
pages with the words "cgi" or "isapi" |
| the first term without the second term |
access and not basic -or-
access & ! basic |
pages with the word "access" but not "basic" |
| both terms in the same page, close together |
excel near project -or-
excel ~ project |
pages with the word "excel" near the word "project" |
| You can use parentheses to nest expressions within a query. The expressions in parentheses are evaluated before the rest of the query. | | | | | Use double quotes (") to indicate that a boolean or near operator keyword should be ignored in your query. For example, "Abbot and Costello" will match pages with the phrase, not pages that match the boolean expression. | | | | | The Not operator can only be used after an And operator in content queries; it can only be used to exclude pages that match a previous content restriction. |
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Wildcard operators are useful for finding pages with words similar to a given word.
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| To search for |
Example |
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| words with the same prefix |
comput* |
pages with words that have the prefix "comput", such as "computer", computing", and so on. |
| words based on the same stem word |
fly** |
pages with words based on the same stem as "fly", such as "flying", "flown", "flew", and so on. |
| Queries are case-insensitive: you can type your query in uppercase or lowercase. | | | | | You may search for any word except for those in the exception list (for English, this includes a, an, and, as, and other common words) which are ignored during a search. Words in the exception list are treated as placeholders in phrase and proximity queries. | | | | | Punctuation marks such as the period (.), colon (:), semicolon (;), and comma (,) are ignored during a search. | | | | | To use specially-treated characters ( (&), (|), (^), (#), (@), ($), ((), ()) ) in a query, enclose your query in quotes ("). |
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