How to Use the Author-it Knowledge Center

The Author-it Knowledge Center has been designed for online viewing, and to ensure you have the latest information. Use the Search field to quickly find the information you want, or navigate through the Table of Contents to browse by category.

Using the Full Text Search

Author-it's Full Text Search supports boolean expressions. If you've used any of the popular web-based search engines, you're likely to be quite familiar with using Boolean logic already. Boolean searching involves the use of three operators:

• And - Use the And operator to narrow your search. When And is used in the search criteria, only objects with all terms entered are returned. For example, if you enter the search criteria as Author and Manage and Publish, only objects containing all of these words are returned.

  

• Or - Use the Or operator to find objects that contain certain words but not necessarily all the words in your criteria. When Or is used in the search criteria, objects with any of the terms entered are returned. For example, if you enter the search criteria as Author or Manage or Picture, objects containing any of these words are returned.

  

• Not - Use the Not operator to find objects that do not contain certain words. When Not is used in the search criteria, only objects without the term you have specified are returned. For example, if you enter the search criteria as Author not Manage not Publish, only objects containing "Author" are returned. Those that also contain "Manage" or "Publish" are excluded from the results.