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Format a full text search

You can format a
Full Text Search
 using
root expanders
,
universal characters
, and
connectors
.

Use the root expander

Use the
root expander
 (!) to retrieve words with variant endings. Place the
root expander
 at the end of a term.
For example, type
contribut!
 to retrieve the words: contribute, contributed, contributor, contributing, or contribution.

Use the universal character

Use the
universal character (*)
 to represent a variable character. You can place the
universal character
 anywhere in a term except at the beginning.
For example, type
gr*w
 to retrieve grew or grow.

Use connectors

Use connectors to specify the relationships that should exist between search terms in your documents.
Type
To search for documents that contain:
& (AND)
both terms
a space (OR)
either term or both terms
/n
terms with n terms of each other (where n is a number)
+n
the 1st term preceding the 2nd 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