Narrowing your search scope

You can narrow the scope of a search to particular topics.

About this task

By default, when you search in the information center, all of the topics in the contents view are searched. However, you can narrow your search scope to a particular set of topics by creating a search list. You can save the search list for future use. To create a search list:

Procedure

  1. At the top of the information center, click Search scope. The Select Search Scope window opens.
  2. Select Search only the following topics and click New. The New Search List window opens.
  3. In the List name field, enter a name for your new search list.
  4. In the Topics to search list, select the topic sections to include in your search. To select subtopics, expand the branches.
  5. Click OK. Your new search list is displayed in the Search only the following topics list. This option is selected by default. To apply this search list to your subsequent searches, click OK.
    Restriction: In some browsers, such as Konqueror and Safari, the save search lists function is not supported.

Results

The current active search list is displayed at the top of the browser, next to the Search scope link. The search list that you last used persists each time that you use the help system.

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