Technicolor - Thomson West Case Notebook - Manual (Page 48)

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,
Type 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
Type 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.