Difference between revisions of "Help:Searching"

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The built-in search function is quickly accessible on the left but has a few limitations:
The built-in search function is quickly accessible on the left but has a few limitations:
* It can't search for substrings in page titles (''AddScriptPackage'' won't show up when searching for ''Package'').
* It can't search for substrings in page titles (''AddScriptPackage'' won't show up when searching for ''Package'' unless that word appears in the article's text).
* Searching for any word with 3 characters or less will yield 0 results, without a warning.
* Searching for any word with 3 characters or less will yield 0 results, without a warning.
* Searching for 2 or more words will only yield pages with ''all'' of the words on it.
* Searching for 2 or more words will only yield pages with ''all'' of the words on it.
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