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- Examples of using boolean (and / or) searching
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- There are numerous places where PCBoard will ask you for some kind of search
- criteria for the text you want to scan. In those areas you can simply type
- in a word or phrase or you may create much more complex searches by using
- boolean logic symbols in your request.
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- The symbols "&" and "|" can be used to mean AND and OR respectively. In
- addition you can combine criteria using parenthesis to denote the grouping of
- the search.
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- The rules below apply at any prompt given where PCBoard wants you to tell it
- what to scan for so the following rules can be used whether you are scanning
- through the message base, the download directories, the users file or the
- caller logs.
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- Multiple words making up a sentence or phrase:
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- PCBoard version 14.5
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- Searches for the words "PCBoard version 14.5" all together in a line
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- Multiple words searching for each word separately:
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- PCBoard | Qmodem | Procomm
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- Searches for any text having either PCBoard OR Qmodem OR Procomm anywhere in
- the text
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- Multiple words searching for each word separately requiring ALL to match:
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- PCBoard & Qmodem & Procomm
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- Searches for any text having ALL THREE words but not necessarily in any order
- or even next to each other
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- Using parenthesis for grouping:
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- DESQview & (PCBoard | Qmodem)
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- Searches for any text having DESQview in it AND having either PCBoard OR Qmodem
- also in the same text in any order and not necessarily together
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