Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase. |
"cat food" (quotation marks) |
Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase. |
Using Boolean Operators
| Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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Preferences
You can customize the way you view the Windows client by changing settings in Preferences dialog.
If you are an administrator, you can configure a common set of Windows client preferences. For example, you can ensure all users have the same log file, security, and help server settings.
Administrators also have the option to set Windows client preferences in the sm.ini file. These preferences override any conflicting settings that appear in the Windows client Preferences dialog.
Administrators can configure a common set of Web client preferences in the ../WEB-INF/web.xml file. Thereafter, these preference settings apply to all Web client sessions.
If you are an end user, you can change default settings to customize your Windows client environment. For example, you can change some appearance, chart, and spell checking properties.
There is a Preferences filter available that enables you to filter preferences so that only a few preferences are displayed or a specific preference set (for example Appearance) is displayed. By typing the beginning letters or complete name of the preference setting in the Preferences filter text box, you can filter the list so only those preferences that match what you type appear in the list.
Related concepts
Appearance preferences
Log preferences
Security preferences
Spell Checker preferences
Client parameters for web clients
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