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About searches
DocuShare search features enable you to quickly find objects on your site. You can
perform simple word searches by having DocuShare find the objects that contain the text
you specify. You also can combine several search terms to find specific objects, such as
all documents authored by one user that contain the word DocuShare in their titles. When
searching for objects, you can choose the scope of a search.
When an object is added to a container, DocuShare indexes and stores in a database the
object’s properties (also called metadata) and, if the object is a document, its content. A
search checks the database to find the objects that match your search terms. In addition,
DocuShare uses a process called stemming to find objects that contain variations of the
word you specify. For example, a search for the word mouse will find the word mice.
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