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# Searching the Online Help

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You can search the online help system (including the entire Oracle TopLink documentation set) either by using the Index or the Full-text Search. To search only within a single help topic page, select Tools > Find from the Help Topic window menu.

## Index

Figure: Sample Index shows the following parts of the Index tab:

1. Text entry field

2. Keyword list

3. Topic list

Sample Index

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To use the index to find specific information, use this procedure:

1. Select Help > Index from the menu, or click the Index tab in the Help Navigator window. The Index appears.

2. In the Text entry field, begin typing the index term you are searching for. The Keyword list immediately begins displaying entries that mach what you type.

3. Select a keyword (or continue typing the term you are searching for). A list of topics associated with the keyword appear in the Topic list.

4. Double-click an entry in the Topic Title area to display a specific help topic.

## Full-text Search

Figure: Sample Search shows the following parts of the Search tab:

1. Text entry field

2. Search options

3. Results list

Sample Search

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To use the full-text search to find specific information, use this procedure:

1. Select Help > Search from the menu, or click the Search tab in the Help Navigator window.

2. In the text entry field, type a word or phrase and click Search. To search for a specific phrase or text string, enclose the search in quotes ("...").

   You can use the following options when performing a full-text search:

   - Respect or ignore the case of letters in the search words (that is, turn case-sensitivity on or off).

   - Only list topics that contain all the search words or at least one of the search words.

   - Search based on a Boolean expression (`AND`, `OR`).

3. The Results list displays a list of topics that contain the search text. The list is sorted by relevance -- indicated by the following icons:

   = High level of relevance
   = Medium level of relevance
   = Low level of relevance

4. Double-click an item in the Results list to display a specific help topic.