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Q191509: Multimedia: Your Search Words Are Not Found

Article: Q191509
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): MACINTOSH:; WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbui kbimu
Last Modified: 18-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Encarta 1994 The Complete Multimedia Encyclopedia 
- Microsoft Encarta 95 The Complete Interactive Multimedia Encyclopedia 
- Microsoft Encarta 95 The Complete Interactive Multimedia Encyclopedia for Macintosh 
- Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia for Windows 
- Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia for Macintosh 
- Microsoft Encarta 97 Encyclopedia for Macintosh 
- Microsoft Encarta 97 Encyclopedia for Windows 
- Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 97 Deluxe for Windows 
- Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia for Windows 
- Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia for Macintosh 
- Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 99 
- Microsoft Encarta Reference Suite 99 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to use Pinpointer or Word Search to search for articles in
Encarta Encyclopedia, Encarta may not find some of the words you type in the
search box.

CAUSE
=====

This behavior can occur for the following reasons:

- To improve search performance and results, Encarta ignores common
  prepositions and pronouns in Word Search queries.

- Encarta uses the words "and," "or," "not," and "thru" for special search
  functions when you type them without quotation marks. Encarta ignores these
  words when you type them within quotation marks.

MORE INFORMATION
================

Encarta ignores the following words when you type a search phrase:

  A          Be        Form      Including   Near      Than      Us
  After      Became    Found     Into        Not       That      Use
  Against    Because   From      Is          Of        These     Was
  All        Been      Had       It          On        The       Were
  Also       Between   Has       Its         Only      Their     When
  Although   But       Have      Late        Or        Then      Where
  Among      By        He        Later       Other     They      When
  An         Can       Her       Made        Over      This      Which
  And        During    His       Many        Several   Through   Who
  Are        Each      I         May         She       To        With
  As         Early     In        More        Some      Under
  At         For       Include   Most        Such      Until

Search Tips
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When you perform a Word Search in Encarta, you can use the following words to
modify the results of your search:

  Word   Usage      Purpose
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  And    X And Y    Find articles that contain both X and Y.

  Or     X Or Y     Find articles that contain either X or Y or both.

  Near   X Near Y   Find articles that contain both X and Y within eight
                    words of each other.

  Not    X Not Y    Find articles that contain X and do not contain Y.

  Thru   X Thru Y   Find articles that contain X, Y, or any word that
                    falls alphabetically between X and Y.

  NOTE: When you use "Thru" in a Word Search in Encarta, you may have to wait a
  long time before Encarta returns the search results.

Additional query words: kbimu multi media multi-media mm find

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Keywords          : kbui kbimu 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbHomeProdSearch kbHomeMMsearch kbEncartaSearch kbEncartaEncycSearch kbEncarta1995 kbEncartaEnCyc1996 kbEncartaEnCyc1997 kbEncartaEnCyc1997Del kbEncartaEnCyc1999 kbEncartaEnCyc1994 kbEncartaEnCyc1995Mac kbEncartaEnCyc1996Mac kbEncartaEnCyc1997Mac kbEncartaEnCyc1998Mac kbEncartaEnCyc1998 kbEncartaReference99
Version           : MACINTOSH:; WINDOWS:
Issue type        : kbprb

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