About full-text search

Your projects can include a Search tab that provides a way to explore the content of your topics and find matches to user-defined queries. For example, users can search for “Jupiter” and every topic that contains the word “Jupiter” will be listed at the Search tab, similar to the way keywords are listed at the Index tab. Users click any topic from the list and it is displayed in the viewer.

Unlike an Index tab that lists author-defined keywords (terms, synonyms, and cross-references), the Search tab lists words that are used within the content of topics. To find a topic, users enter a word as it is applied in the topic they are in search of. The Search tab displays every topic that contains the particular word or phrase.

Note: To see an example of full-text searching, click the Search tab in the online Help system.