How can I search the Knowledge Base on C, X, or STEPS?

Although most single characters are ignored in Knowledge Base searches, you can still search on  C  or  X . Because these are common computing terms at Indiana University, the Knowledge Base staff customized the Knowledge Base search engine to allow these searches; you can search on  C  or  X  as though they were normal words. In general, if you're having trouble searching on either of these, try surrounding your search term with spaces within double quotes, for example:

This prevents matching to Ctrl-C and C:\>, which would happen if you simply searched on  C , since the Knowledge Base ignores most punctuation and treats these examples as though they contained  C  by itself. The spaces force the Knowledge Base to count only the searches where  C  is truly surrounded by spaces, as a free-standing word in the middle of a sentence.

Note: Case is relevant for double quoted search terms, and thus you must capitalize the  C  in these examples.

To find documents about STEPS workshops without getting every document that contains the word steps, enclose STEPS in quotation marks, as follows:

Also see:

• In Knowledge Base searches, should I use quotation marks?
• In Knowledge Base searches, are some words ignored?
• How do I use the Knowledge Base?