Running a Basic Search

Using Basic Search operations

Running a Basic Search

Use the following procedure to initiate a basic word search.

Step	Action	Result
1	On Knowledge Builder power tools tabs, click the Search tab.	Confirms that the Search tab is open in the topic window.
	TIP If Basic Search is visible on the Search tab instead of Advanced Search, you are in the advanced word search mode. Click Basic Search to activate the basic word search mode.
2	In the Search box, type desired term you want to search the contents for.	Identifies the term to be the focus of the search.
3	On the Search tab, click the Search button.	The integral status bar tracks the progress of the search.
	TIP The results of the search are listed as positive hits after a search operation is completed. Move the cursor over a topic in the Hit list to initiate a pop-up message that shows the title of the book that the topic belongs to.
4	Once status bar indicates that search is completed, scroll the Hit list to locate the topic that most likely includes the data you are searching for and double-click the topic.	Opens the corresponding topic contents in the content window.
5	Scroll the contents in the content window to find the highlighted keyword in the text.	Keyword hits are highlighted in text.
	TIP When the search topic is selected from the search list, that topic is highlighted in the topic window's treeview. Click the Search tab to continue viewing your current search results.
6	Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to view search results in other topics in the Hit list
7	Repeat the procedure to initiate a new search.
8	This completes the procedure. Go to the next section Using Advanced Search Operations.

REFERENCE - INTERNAL For related information, see Using Basic Search operations to show search result hits by release (bookset).