Searching in help contents

When viewing the help contents, you can perform a local search to find further information.

Before you begin

The search entry field is in the Help Contents window.

  • To search for a single word expression, type it in the search field, and click Go. The search results are displayed in another pane as a list of links to the topics containing the word. You can display or hide the result descriptions by clicking the Show results descriptions icon.
  • To search for a multiple word expression, type it in the search field enclosed by double quotes, for example "CICS region", and click Go. By enclosing the expression in double quotes, you are telling the search to return only results containing the complete expression. If you do not enclose it in double quotes, the search finds all instances of the word "CICS®" and all instances of the word "region" whether or not they are together.

What to do next

Any help search performed from the help contents window searches only the help contents. To perform a search on a remote information center, or the Web, you must set your search scope to include remote sites. You must do this using the search pane in the dynamic Help view. See the following related links for further information.