Search

This choice, and the Search push button, display the window shown in the following figure. The user can type a text string consisting of letters, numbers, blank spaces, and special characters, then select any of the choices to search for the text string.

Search Window

Global file-name characters (wildcards) can be used with the text string; for example:

*current directory*

The global file-name character, in this case an asterisk, automatically finds all possibilities of the current directory string.

Following are descriptions of Search window choices:

This section

Searches the currently displayed help-text window and highlights all occurrences of the search string that are found.
Marked sections
Searches the online-document windows or help windows whose titles were marked in the Contents window. IPF does not search unmarked secondary windows, or windows attached to the marked window by hypertext links. Before selecting Marked sections, the user must select Contents then mark the help titles to be searched. If no help titles are marked, the Marked sections choice is dimmed.

Sections are marked with the mouse by pressing and holding the Ctrl key then clicking mouse button 1. Sections are marked with the keyboard by using the cursor keys to highlight the item and then pressing the spacebar. The same key sequences are used to unmark the selection.

If the search is successful, IPF displays a list of the window titles where the text string was found. The search string is shown in the title bar of the search results window.

All sections
Searches the entire help library or online document and displays a list of the window titles where occurrences of the search string were found. The search string is shown in the title bar of the search results window. It does not search title text.
Index
Searches the index and displays a list of index entries in which the text string was found.

If no search string is entered, this choice displays an alphabetic list of all index topics in the help library or online document.

Marked libraries
Searches selected help libraries or online documents. The user must be in an active window of an online document or help library and follow this procedure:
• Select Options then Libraries.

• Mark one or more libraries.

• Select Services, then Search, then Marked libraries.

• Select the Search push button.
All libraries
Searches all help libraries or online documents and displays a list of the window titles where the text string was found. The search string is shown in the title bar of the window.

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