Re: edit the Find tab list of words in TOC?

[Jane Bergen <jbergen1 -at- EARTHLINK -dot- NET>]

If they don't want FIND (which is essentially a full-text search),
then why don't they just use INDEX (includes the words you want them
to find)?

Am I missing something?

Jane
Jane Bergen, Technical Communication
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----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Strasser <paul -dot- strasser -at- WINDSOR-TECH -dot- COM>
To: <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 1999 3:29 PM
Subject: edit the Find tab list of words in TOC?


>Is there a way to edit the list of words that appear on the "find"
tab in
>the Table of Contents?  The Find Setup Wizard states, "Before you can
use
>Find, Windows must first create a list (or database), which contains
every
>word from your help file(s)."
>
>Well, the clients don't want every word.  They also don't want every
>punctuation used or every number (as if someone really wants to
search for
>those topics that contain a comma).  I pointed out that the
supposedly
>unnecessary words, like "a" and "the," are there so the User can
search for
>phrases -- if these annoying little words are not on the list, Help
won't
>work.
>
>Is there a way to do this? I will let the clients know that this is
not
>possible, if that's the fact.
>
>I'm using RH 6.0, NT, if that matters.
>
>Paul Strasser
>Windsor Technologies
>Louisville, CO
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