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Title: **** Search Feature INFO **** Advance and Personal
Post by: Terry Green on March 15, 2021, 10:21:03 AM
Seems some are having issues searching for threads....and I think most are over looking the 'Advance Search' feature..... Please look at this image carefully....

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Now, pay close attention to ALL of the features to help you find what you are looking for.... go to Search and play around and understand what all you can do in a search....

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Hopefully many will benefit from this post.... and maybe  others can direct people to this thread that are unaware in the future.

OH, and as Roy posted below, quotation marks for more than one word.

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Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO ****
Post by: cacciatore on March 15, 2021, 01:10:31 PM
Thanks Terry very appreciated it.
Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO ****
Post by: Wudstix on March 15, 2021, 01:42:11 PM
Thanks for assistance!
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Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO ****
Post by: Terry Green on March 16, 2021, 07:21:10 AM
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Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO ****
Post by: Roy from Pa on March 16, 2021, 07:39:48 AM
Compliments of Rob:

Search Engine Woes ...

if you do a search for the phrase Bone Broadheads, you will get a zillion replies because the search engine will search for each of those words separately and not the entire two word phrase ...

17 PAGES of results ...

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instead, encapsulate the phrase with quotes as "Bone Broadheads", and you will get replies specific to that complete phrase ...

3 specific results ...

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Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO ****
Post by: Terry Green on March 16, 2021, 07:50:17 AM
Thanks Roy, its in the 2nd image I posted "animal farm" just for reference....

This allows more exact searches, and you can also see the choice between subject and body of a post.
Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO ****
Post by: SlowBowKing on March 16, 2021, 08:21:37 AM
Thanks for sharing this! I was unaware of the advanced search, though I've used the standard search a few times.
Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO ****
Post by: BAK on March 16, 2021, 08:24:08 AM
OK, how do I search for all the posts that I've made, not knowing a specific topic?   :dunno:
Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO ****
Post by: Roy from Pa on March 16, 2021, 08:39:01 AM
I'm not sure if this will work for you, but it does for me since I'm a moderator.

Click on BAK over there on the left.

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Then click on show posts in the next window.

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If it works for you, all your posts will be listed.
Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO ****
Post by: Terry Green on March 16, 2021, 08:56:12 AM
Then you can also choose topics....meaning posts you started and attachments you've made...



Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO **** Advance and Personal
Post by: BAK on March 16, 2021, 09:47:06 AM
It worked guys, thanks.   :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO **** Advance and Personal
Post by: Roy from Pa on March 16, 2021, 10:11:03 AM
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Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO **** Advance and Personal
Post by: Terry Green on January 14, 2022, 02:23:53 PM
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Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO **** Advance and Personal
Post by: F. Dobbs on January 16, 2022, 04:19:58 PM
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Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO **** Advance and Personal
Post by: electricstart on January 16, 2022, 04:34:34 PM
Thanks for sharing .
Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO **** Advance and Personal
Post by: Terry Green on December 19, 2022, 12:41:12 PM
Heads up!
Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO **** Advance and Personal
Post by: Terry Green on December 20, 2022, 09:32:05 AM
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Title: Re: **** Search Feature INFO **** Advance and Personal
Post by: Terry Green on January 14, 2023, 03:13:58 PM
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