To search for an exact term in the main Search facility, enclose that term in double quotation marks in the search field. (If you omit the double quotation marks, but include multiple words in the search field, the search results will list the topics in which each of those words are included, regardless of the order or proximity of those words in the topics.)
You can also enclose single words in double quotation marks to restrict your search results. This is particularly useful if the search string forms the stem of a word for which variants might exist in the online Help. If you search for a word that forms the stem of a word, and do not enclose that word in double quotation marks, the search results will list the topics that contain variations of that word. To restrict the search results to topics that contain just one variant, enclose the required variant in double quotation marks in the search field.
Examples:
If you search for the text configur, which forms the stem of a word, the search results will list topics that include the words 'configuration', 'configure', 'configuring', and so on. To restrict the search results to topics that contain just one variant, enclose the required variant in double quotation marks in the search field.
If you search for the word point, and do not enclose that word in double quotation marks, the search results will list the topics that contain variants of that word, such as 'point', 'points', 'pointed', and so on. To restrict the search results to topics that just contain the word 'point', enclose that word within double quotation marks.
If you search for the word pointed, and do not enclose that word in double quotation marks, the search results will also list those topics that contain variations on the stem of that word, such as 'point'. To restrict the search results to topics that only contain the word 'pointed', enclose that word within double quotation marks.
NOTE: Exclude the double quotation marks if the search string matches a glossary term and you want the search results to include the definition of that glossary term.