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Our search engine supports many advanced search options. You may access some of the available search features on the Advanced Search Form, or use the following search syntax:
+ Use the plus sign to only find results that must contain this word
- Use the minus sign to only find results that do not contain this word
* Use the asterix sign as a multi-letter wild card to words
? Use the question mark as a single-letter wild card to words
~ Use the tilde sign for "fuzzy" word matching
^ Use the caret sign to "boost" the importance of a term
( ) You can group terms together in parenthesis
Also, you can search for specific fields, like "title", "developer", "license", or "contents"
For example,
Will search for all applications that contain both "sound" and "editor", but exclude results that have "wave" in the title
Will search for applications that may contain "animation" and must contain "studio" and have a "demo" license, and are not in the "business" or "utilities" categories
Will search for all application titles that contain words that start with "dis" in the title, like disk or disc, or discovery, or dispatch
Will search for all application titles that contain words that match "dat" plus zero or one more letter, like data, or date
Will do a fuzzy search for all applications that contain words that are similar to "con", like convert, concern, consider, or configure
Will give the term "audio" eight times more "weight" than the term "player" - results with "audio" will rank higher in the list than other terms like video
More examples:
- Use the minus sign to only find results that do not contain this word
* Use the asterix sign as a multi-letter wild card to words
? Use the question mark as a single-letter wild card to words
~ Use the tilde sign for "fuzzy" word matching
^ Use the caret sign to "boost" the importance of a term
( ) You can group terms together in parenthesis
Also, you can search for specific fields, like "title", "developer", "license", or "contents"
For example,
+sound +editor title:-wave
Will search for all applications that contain both "sound" and "editor", but exclude results that have "wave" in the title
animation +studio +license:demo -category:(business utilities)
Will search for applications that may contain "animation" and must contain "studio" and have a "demo" license, and are not in the "business" or "utilities" categories
title:dis*
Will search for all application titles that contain words that start with "dis" in the title, like disk or disc, or discovery, or dispatch
title:dat?
Will search for all application titles that contain words that match "dat" plus zero or one more letter, like data, or date
con~
Will do a fuzzy search for all applications that contain words that are similar to "con", like convert, concern, consider, or configure
title:audio^8 player
Will give the term "audio" eight times more "weight" than the term "player" - results with "audio" will rank higher in the list than other terms like video
More examples:
+image +viewer +license:Free
+image -viewer +license:Commercial
+archive +category:Utilities +license:Demo
+(zip AND archive) -tool +developer:Software
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