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<releaseinfo>$Id: usermanual.sgml,v 1.70 2008-12-02 13:16:29 dockes Exp $</releaseinfo>
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<releaseinfo>$Id: usermanual.sgml,v 1.71 2008-12-15 09:33:49 dockes Exp $</releaseinfo>
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<abstract>
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<para>This document introduces full text search notions
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<sect1 id="rcl.search.wildcards">
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<title>More about wildcards</title>
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<para>All words entered in &RCL; search fields will be processed
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for wildcard expansion before the request is finally
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executed.</para>
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<sect1 id="rcl.search.tips">
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<title>Search tips, shortcuts</title>
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<sect2 id="rcl.search.tips.terms">
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<title>Terms and search expansion</title>
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<formalpara><title>Term completion</title>
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<para>Typing <keycap>Esc</keycap> <keycap>Space</keycap> in
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the simple search entry field while entering a word will
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preview window will copy it to the simple search entry field.</para>
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</formalpara>
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<formalpara><title>Wildcards</title>
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<para>Wildcards can be used inside search terms in all forms
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of searches. <link linkend="rcl.search.wildcards">
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More about wildcards</link>.
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</para>
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</formalpara>
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<formalpara><title>Disabling stem expansion</title>
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<para>Entering a capitalized word in any search field will prevent
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stem expansion (no search for
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stemming language in the preferences.</para>
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</formalpara>
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<formalpara><title>Phrases</title>
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<para>A phrase can be looked for by enclosing it in double
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quotes. Example: <literal>"user manual"</literal> will look
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only for occurrences of <literal>user</literal> immediately
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followed by <literal>manual</literal>. You can use the
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<guilabel>This exact phrase</guilabel> field of the advanced
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search dialog to the same effect. Phrases can be entered along
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simple terms in all simple or advanced search entry fields
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(except <guilabel>This exact phrase</guilabel>).</para>
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</formalpara>
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<formalpara><title>Browsing the result list inside a preview
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window (1.5)</title>
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<para>Entering <keycap>Shift-Down</keycap> or <keycap>Shift-Up</keycap>
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(<keycap>Shift</keycap> + an arrow key) in a preview window will
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display the next or the previous document from the result
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list. Any secondary search currently active will be executed on
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the new document.</para>
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</formalpara>
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<formalpara><title>Forced opening of a preview window (1.6)</title>
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<para>You can use <keycap>Shift</keycap>+Click on a result list
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<literal>Preview</literal> link to force the creation of a
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preview window instead of a new tab in the existing one.</para>
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</formalpara>
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<formalpara><title>AutoPhrases (1.5)</title>
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<para>This option can be set in the preferences dialog. If it is
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set, a phrase will be automatically built and added to simple
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searches when looking for <literal>Any terms</literal>. This
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will not change radically the results, but will give a relevance
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boost to the results where the search terms appear as a
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phrase. Ie: searching for <literal>virtual reality</literal>
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will still find all documents where either
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<literal>virtual</literal> or <literal>reality</literal> or
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both appear, but those which contain <literal>virtual
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reality</literal> should appear sooner in the list.</para>
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<formalpara><title>Finding related documents</title>
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<para>Selecting the <guilabel>Find similar documents</guilabel> entry
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in the result list paragraph right-click menu will select a
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to index all directories in the file path as terms. This has been
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abandoned as it did not seem really useful). Alternatively, you
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can use the specific file name search which will
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<emphasis>only</emphasis> look for file names and can use wildcard
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expansion.</para>
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<emphasis>only</emphasis> look for file names, and may be
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faster than the generic search especially when using wildcards.</para>
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</formalpara>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="rcl.search.tips.phrases">
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<title>Working with phrases and proximity</title>
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<formalpara><title>Phrases and Proximity searches</title>
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<para>A phrase can be looked for by enclosing it in double
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quotes. Example: <literal>"user manual"</literal> will look
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only for occurrences of <literal>user</literal> immediately
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followed by <literal>manual</literal>. You can use the
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<guilabel>This exact phrase</guilabel> field of the advanced
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search dialog to the same effect. Phrases can be entered along
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simple terms in all simple or advanced search entry fields
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(except <guilabel>This exact phrase</guilabel>).</para>
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</formalpara>
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<formalpara><title>AutoPhrases</title>
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<para>This option can be set in the preferences dialog. If it is
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set, a phrase will be automatically built and added to simple
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searches when looking for <literal>Any terms</literal>. This
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will not change radically the results, but will give a relevance
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boost to the results where the search terms appear as a
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phrase. Ie: searching for <literal>virtual reality</literal>
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will still find all documents where either
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<literal>virtual</literal> or <literal>reality</literal> or
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both appear, but those which contain <literal>virtual
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reality</literal> should appear sooner in the list.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="rcl.search.tips.misc">
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<title>Others</title>
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<formalpara><title>Using fields</title>
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<para>You can use the <link linkend="rcl.search.lang">query
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language </link> and field specifications
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to only search certain parts of documents. This can be
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especially helpful with email, for example only searching
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emails from a specific originator:
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<literal>search tips from:helpfulgui</literal>
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</para>
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</formalpara>
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<formalpara><title>Query explanation</title>
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used, by clicking on the result list header.</para>
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</formalpara>
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<formalpara><title>Browsing the result list inside a preview
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window</title>
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<para>Entering <keycap>Shift-Down</keycap> or <keycap>Shift-Up</keycap>
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(<keycap>Shift</keycap> + an arrow key) in a preview window will
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display the next or the previous document from the result
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list. Any secondary search currently active will be executed on
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the new document.</para>
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</formalpara>
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<formalpara><title>Forced opening of a preview window</title>
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<para>You can use <keycap>Shift</keycap>+Click on a result list
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<literal>Preview</literal> link to force the creation of a
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preview window instead of a new tab in the existing one.</para>
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</formalpara>
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<formalpara><title>Closing previews</title>
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<para>Entering <keycap>^W</keycap> in a tab will
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close it (and, for the last tab, close the preview
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<para>Entering <keycap>^Q</keycap> almost anywhere will
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close the application.</para>
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</formalpara>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="rcl.search.custom">
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