At its simplest, a search can be just a word or a phrase. However, with the tips on this page, you can expand the focus of your search to give you more complete results.

1. Look for words with the same prefix.
   • For example, in your search form type op* to find operations, opportunity, opportunities, and so on.
2. Search for all forms of a word.
   • For example, in the form type invest** to find invest, investing, investor, and investment.
3. Search with the keyword NEAR, rather than AND, for words close to each other.
   • For example, both of these search words, stores and contacts and stores near contacts, look for the words store and contacts on the same page.
   • However, with NEAR, the returned pages are ranked in order of proximity: The closer together the words are, the higher the rank of that page.
4. Refine your searches with the AND NOT keywords to exclude certain text from your search.
   • For example, if you want to find all instances of stores but not the contacts, enter the following search:
     stores AND NOT contacts
5. Add the OR keyword to find all instances of either one word or another.
   • For example, enter the following search:
     
     stores OR contacts
     
     This search finds all pages that mention store or contacts or both.
6. Put quotation marks around keywords if you want the search to take them literally.
   • For example, if you type the following search words:
     "community near events"
     search will literally look for the complete phrase community near events .
   • However, if you type the same search words without the quotation marks:
     
     community near events
     
     This search returns all documents for the words community and events.