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- =1 Help: Comprehensive Search
- Entering a search term in the Comprehensive Search Field will result in a
- search being performed on all fields of the database simultaneously,
- retrieving all records containing the specified search term. It is
- useful for finding all references to a specific term, or in searching for
- obscure terms. For a more refined search, use one of the following search
- fields, where the search is confined to the contents of that particular
- field.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =2 Help: Software Name
- Provides details of software which is used either in the development of, or
- the use of, CD-ROMs. The software packages listed fall into the two
- categories of authoring and development software and search and retrieval
- systems. It is possible to search on any word or combination of words.
-
- Refer to the Browse Index (press F2) under Entries for a complete list of
- all Software Tools in the database.
-
- See the Titles Database to identify which titles use a certain retrieval
- software.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =3 Help: Producer
- Name of the organisation that produces the software. Addresses and contact
- information are included in the Companies Database. It is possible to
- search on any word or combination of words from a company name.
-
- eg Dataware
- Dataware Technologies Inc
- Dataware Inc
- Technologies
-
- will all retrieve Dataware Technologies Inc
-
- Refer to the Browse Index (press F2) under Entries for a complete list of
- all software producers in the database.
-
- Also refer to the Companies Database.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =4 Help: Description
- Description of the software and its features, as supplied by the producer.
-
- It is possible to search on any word or combination of words. Press F2
- for a complete list of search terms.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
-
- =5 Help: Software Type
-
- This field describes the type of software, e.g. authoring software,
- recorder, developing software..
-
- It is possible to search on any word or combination of words. Press F2
- for a complete list of search terms.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
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