Searches produce a list of files that contain the word or phrase no matter where they appear in the text. This list gives the rules for formulating queries:

	Example
Multiple words are treated as a phrase and must be enclosed in quotes:	incorrect: Agenda items correct: "Agenda items"
Search requests are case-insensitive	incorrect: harris correct: Harris
You can search for any word except for those in the exception list which are ignored during a search.	a, an, and, as, and other common words
Words in the exception list are treated as placeholders in phrase queries.	For example, if you searched for “Word for Windows”, the results could give you “Word for Windows” and “Word and Windows”, because for is a noise word and appears in the exception list.
Punctuation marks such as the period (.), colon (:), semicolon (;), and comma (,) are ignored during a search.	Agenda, items is the same as agenda items
To use specially treated characters such as "&" and "\|" in a query, enclose your query in quotation marks (“).	"`access & basic"`
To search for a word or phrase containing quotation marks, enclose the entire phrase in quotation marks and then double the quotation marks around the word or words you want to surround with quotes.	For example, “World-Wide Web or ““Web””” searches for World-Wide Web or “Web”

Boolean searches can create a more precise query.

You can insert Boolean operators (AND, OR, and NOT) to specify additional search information.

To Search For	Example	Results
Both terms in the same page	`access and basic` —Or— `access & basic`	Pages with both the words “access” and “basic”
Either term in a page	`cgi or isapi` —Or— `cgi \| isapi`	Pages with the words “cgi” or “isapi”
The first term without the second term	`access and not basic` —Or— `access & ! basic`	Pages with the word “access” but not “basic”

Hints:

The NOT operator can be used only after an AND operator in content queries; it can be used only to exclude pages that match a previous content restriction.

Note The symbols (&, |, !) and the English keywords AND, OR, and NOT, work the same way in all languages supported by Index Server. Localized keywords are also available when the browser locale is set to one of the following six languages:

Wildcards

Wildcard operators help you find pages containing words similar to a given word.
The wildcard character (*) can match words with a given prefix.

To Search For	Example	Results
Words with the same prefix	`comput*`	Pages with words that have the prefix “comput,” such as “computer,” “computing,” and so on
Words based on the same stem word	`fly**`	Pages with words based on the same stem as “fly,” such as “flying,” “flown,” “flew,” and so on