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Using index searches (Mac OS)


The Content index search feature offers another way to search a Web site and is especially fast because it builds an index of your site and uses it during its searches. It uses techniques that are similar to search engines in several respects:
  • It is an index-based search.
  • A ranking is made (the best hit is always displayed with a rank of near to 100%).
  • The search is not case sensitive.
  • "Filler" words are filtered.

    • To use index search (Mac OS):

    1 With a site file open, choose Edit > Find, and click the Content tab.

    Note: If the Content panel does not appear in the Find dialog box, make sure that the AIAT module is located in the Modules folder. This index feature is based on Apple Information Access Technology (AIAT) developed by Apple Computer, Inc.

    2 Select options to customize your index:
  • Choose a different language encoding from the Encoding pop-up menu if you want to enter foreign-language text (and you have the proper system fonts and keyboard drivers installed).
  • Select a relevance ranking in the pop-up menu at the lower left corner of the window. This ranking controls the way hits are displayed (80% lists hits with an 80% ranking and better, and so on).

    • You can choose a different option from the rank menu at any time to rebuild an existing hit list. For example, if you end up with a long list of hits after selecting the All option, simply choose >60% to shorten the list.


  • Select Double Click Opens an Untitled Copy, if you want to be able to view all of the relevant hits in a specific document. With this option selected, double-clicking a hit in the list box creates an untitled copy of the document with all of the hits highlighted in red.
  • Select Auto Update if you want an index saved automatically whenever you save changes to your site.

    • 3 In the Search text box, type in one or more keywords to search for--for example, "frequent" and "traveler"--separated by a space. Index search finds whole words only; it is not case-sensitive ("Traveler" and "traveler" yield the same result). If multiple sites are open, choose a site to search from the Site pop-up menu.

    4 Do one of the following:
  • Click Build Index if this is the first time you are searching a site. If you skip this step, you are prompted to build an index before the search is started.
  • Click Update Index if you have made changes in the current site since you built or updated the index. If you previously selected Auto Update, the index has been updated whenever you make changes.

    • The Content index search indexes your site and creates an index file (for example, Newsletter.index) in the same folder as your site document.

    5 Click Search. All hits appear in the list box at the bottom of the Find window, with results in order of relevance. Click the symbol to the left of the filename to view the hits in more detail. Clicking a hit renames the column Term, and surrounding text for each hit appears in the Context column.

    6 To view individual hits, double-click an entry. If you selected Double-Click Opens an Untitled Copy, an untitled copy of the document opens with all hits highlighted.

    Hits are marked in red throughout the document.

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