Search syntax
Table: Personal.cloud search methods and their syntax describes the search methods that are available in both Quick Search and Advanced Search.
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Table: Personal.cloud search methods and their syntax
| Search method | Syntax | Example and more details |
|---|---|---|
| Phrase search | Use double quotation marks around one or more words to search for the exact phrase. | "cloud computing" finds archived messages with this exact phrase. |
| See Phrase searches . | ||
| AND operator search | Use the AND operator between two search terms to find items that contain both search terms. | cloud AND computing finds archived messages with both of the search terms cloud and computing . |
| See Boolean operator searches . | ||
| OR operator search | Use the OR operator between two search terms to find items that contain at least one of the search terms. | cloud OR computing finds archived messages with the search term cloud , or the search term computing , or both terms. |
| See Boolean operator searches . | ||
| NOT operator search | Use the NOT operator between search terms to exclude specific search terms. | cloud NOT computing finds archived messages with the search term cloud but not the search term computing . |
| See Boolean operator searches . | ||
| Single character wildcard search | Use a question mark at the end of a search term to represent a single unspecified character. | appl? finds archived messages with search terms such as apple or apply . |
| Note: You must enter a search term with at least three characters before the wildcard character. | See Wildcard searches . | |
| Multiple character wildcard search | Use an asterisk at the end of a search term to represent one or more unspecified characters. | comp* finds archived messages with search terms such as computing , computer , or company . |
| Note: You must enter a search term with at least three characters before the wildcard character. | See Wildcard searches . | |
| Proximity search | Place quotation marks around two search terms, followed by a tilde and a numerical value to indicate the maximum word count between them. | "cloud computing"~5 finds archived messages with the search terms cloud and computing within five words of each other. |
| Note: Personal.cloud limits the word count between the two search terms to under 50 words. | See Proximity searches . |
Note: Search terms are not case-sensitive. Capitalizing a search term has no effect on the search results.
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