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Refine your Checkpoint
Edge
 search with connectors and symbols

You can use search connectors and symbols when you're doing a Terms & Connectors search in Checkpoint
Edge
 to get more specific results. Search connectors are symbols and words you can use with keywords to create relationships and meaning. They work best when you know exactly what you're searching for. The following are examples of search connectors and how you can incorporate them into your search.
Search connector examples
To locate documents:
Use: (commas (,) are used to separate more than one option)
Example:
containing any of my keywords
OR, |
funding OR deficiency, funding | deficiency
containing all of my keywords
space, &, AND
funding & deficiency
that contain one keyword but exclude another
^, NOT
funding ^ deficiency
containing my exact phrase
" "
"funding deficiency"
containing variations of my keywords
* (asterisk)
deprecia*
that don't include plurals and other equivalencies
# (pound sign)
#damage (retrieves only damage, not damages, damaged). Note that this doesn't disable possessives such as customer's.
containing single-character variations
? (question mark)
s????holder (retrieves stockholder, shareholder)
containing compound words
- (hyphen)
e-mail (retrieves e-mail, e mail, email)
containing terms that occur at least # times
atleast#()
atleast5(customer)

Connectors in Intuitive Search

If you're using Intuitive Search, connectors such as "AND" and SPACE won't work. Checkpoint will read them as any other word you use in your search.
Using quotes (" ") in an Intuitive Search will find the most relevant results that include the exact phrase and relevant variations that contain the keywords within 3 words of each other. If you'd like to change that:
Connector examples for keyword proximity
To search for a word or phrase:
Use:
Examples:
within n words of another (in any order)
/# (where # equals number)
"disclosure exception" /7 negligence
within n words of another (in exact order)
pre/# (where # equals number)
"disclosure exception" pre/7 negligence
within the same sentence (20 words) as another (in any order)
/s
"disclosure exception" /s negligence
within the same sentence (20 words) as another (in exact order)
pre/s
"disclosure exception" pre/s negligence
within one paragraph (50 words) as another (in any order)
/p
"disclosure exception" /p negligence
within one paragraph (50 words) as another (in exact order)
pre/p
"disclosure exception" pre/p negligence

Multiple Search Connectors

You can also use multiple search connectors. For example, this search contains three separate phrases – “partner deduct*”, “excise tax”, and “income tax”. The first phrase must be found within the same paragraph as the second phrase, and also includes an asterisk (“*”) in one of the terms to indicate that any variation of that term is acceptable (e.g., deduct, deduction, deductible, deductibility, etc). However, a document containing this relationship should be excluded if it also contains the phrase “income tax”.
This is what you'd enter:
("partner deduct*" /p "excise tax") ^ "income tax"

Search with section symbols and alternatives

You can search for a specific section by entering the section symbol § and equivalent alternatives in the search field. For example, the following search terms produce the same result:
  • §1.1502-13
  • s1.1502-13
  • sec1.1502-13
  • section1.1502-13
note
To enter a § symbol, select Alt and enter
0167
.
You can also search for multiple sections by using
§§
,
ss,
 or
sections
 in your search field.

Phrases

When searching using a phrase, the phrase should be surrounded with quotation marks. If the phrase has common words in it (e.g. of, as, a, the) a pound sign (#) should be put in front of them. So "software #as #a service".

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