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Q156246: Bookshelf 1994: Find with "?" Wildcard Search Fails

Article: Q156246
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): 1994 edition
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 17-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Bookshelf for Windows 1994 edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use the ? symbol to search for word patterns, Microsoft Bookshelf fails
and you receive an error message similar to the following:

  Find!
  Your search word or phrase, hon?y, was not found.

RESOLUTION
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Use the * wildcard to search for word variations. For example, to find the word
"honey", use the following query:

  hon*

MORE INFORMATION
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Bookshelf 1994's online Help documents using the ? symbol to search for word
patterns. As stated on the Tools menu, Advanced Find, Hints button:

  search for hon?y

should find the word "honey". However, this Help information is incorrect. The ?
wildcard was not fully implemented in Bookshelf 1994.


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Bookshelf for Windows,
1994 edition. This documentation error was corrected in the 1995 edition of
Microsoft Bookshelf for Windows.

Additional query words: 1994 multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles kbmm

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbHomeMMsearch kbBookshelfSearch kbBookShelf1994
Version           : :1994 edition

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