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Searching and Indexing Document Collections
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To refine a search:
1
Choose Edit > Search > Results to display the Search Results window. Select and show
the results of a previous search.
2
Choose Edit > Search > Query to open the Search dialog box. Edit or replace the query
that produced the first list of documents.
If you used a simple text string for the search query, you might consider refining the
search query by using the search options, by including document and date information in
the search, or by using Word Assistant. For more information, see
“Using Word Assistant”
on page 218
.
3
Press Ctrl (Windows) or Option (Mac OS). The button label changes from Search to
Refine.
4
Click Refine. This produces a Search Results list of documents that are a subset of the
previous list, and that match the new query.
Using Word Assistant
Word Assistant enables you to build a list of terms that will appear when you specify a
search using the Sounds Like, Word Stemming, or Thesaurus options. The resulting list
shows you if the option you are using is likely to return helpful results. If the list is too long
or full of irrelevant words, you can quickly construct a list of words to find by copying
words from the Word Assistant dialog box and pasting them into the Search dialog box.
To use the Word Assistant with search options:
1
Choose Edit > Search > Word Assistant.
2
Click Indexes to check the available indexes or change the selection of indexes.
3
In the Index Selection dialog box, select the indexes you want to use, and click OK.
4
Select a search option (Sounds Like, Word Stemming, or Thesaurus) from the Assist
menu.
5
Enter the search word in the Word text box, and click Look Up.
To copy words from the Word Assistant dialog box:
1
Choose Edit > Search > Query to open the Search dialog box.
2
Choose Edit > Search > Word Assistant, and use the Word Assistant to generate a list of
related words.
3
Double-click a word to search. The selected word appears in the Word text box.
4
Copy the results in the Word text box, and paste them into the Find text box of the
Search dialog box.
5
Repeat steps 3 through 5 for each word you want to use; separate each pair of words in
the Find text box with AND or OR.
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Click Search.