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DescriptionSymbol
Replaces a single character. For example,
“cop?” will find “copy”, but not “copy-
base”.
?
Expands the tense of the word at the begin-
ning or end of a word. For example, “plot-
~
ting~” will find “plots”, “plotted”, and so
on. Also, “~plot” will find “preplot”,
“replot”, and so on.
Search for Phrases
When searching for a phrase, use double quotation marks (“ ”) to enclose
words that must appear next to each other in the specified sequence. For
example, enter “specifying units of measurement” to find only topics with all
those words in that order. If you don’t use the quotation marks around that
text, Help finds all topics containing any one of the listed words, that is, all
topics containing “specifying”, all topics containing “units”, all topics
containing “of”, and all topics containing “measurement”.
TIP If you can’t find the information you need through a search, try using the
Contents tab.
Use Boolean Operators
With the AND, OR, NOT, and NEAR operators, you can precisely define your
search by creating a relationship between search terms. The following table
shows how you can use each of these operators. If no operator is specified,
AND is used. For example, the query spacing border printing is equivalent to
spacing AND border AND printing.
ResultsExampleSearch for
Topics containing both the words
“tree view” and “palette”
“tree view” AND “palette”Both terms in the same
topic
Topics containing either the word
“viewpoint” or the word “anima-
tion” or both
viewpoint OR animationEither term in a topic
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