# Help search

In the Search Dialog, the Help Search tab allows you to search on-line documentation. You can bring up the Search Dialog by choosing Search > Search... from the menu, and selecting the Help Search tab..

## Search Expression

Type the expression for which you wish to do the help search.

From the drop-down menu, you can choose to repeat or modify a recent search.

### Advanced Search options

Use following expression rules when creating and advanced query:

- "*" matches any set of characters, including the empty string
- "?" matches for any character
- Double quotation marks around terms indicate terms should be treated as a phrase
- AND operator requires terms on both sides of the operator to exist in the document; If no operator is specified between terms, there is an implicit AND between them
- OR operator requires term on either of the operator to exist in the document
- NOT operator in front of a term requires the term not to exist in the document

## Scope

Choose the scope of your search. You can either search all topics, or pre-defined working set.

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Working sets

Searching online help

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