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Instructions.

Contents.

Browsing the Questions

Ÿ     From the Contents page, there are links to the candidates' replies to all questions.

Ÿ     Return to the Contents page by clicking on the "Contents" link at the top or bottom of each text.

Ÿ     Click on the navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen  to browse through the file.

Searching the Text

Ÿ     The most convenient way to search is from the Search Line. Then enter a word or words you wish to find and press ENTER.  

        From the Search Line, you can use the following types of searches:

        Boolean Searches

        askSam allows the use of the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT to combine the elements in your search.

        Enter:           peace love understanding

        or Enter:      peace AND love AND understanding

        These two searches are  identical.

        Find:             documents containing the words peace, love, and understanding.

        Enter:           Florida OR Hawaii OR California

        Find:             documents containing either Florida, or Hawaii, or California.

        Enter:           NOT war and Iraq

        Find:             documents which do not contain the word "war" but contain the word "Iraq".

        Enter:           red AND (blue OR yellow)

        Find:             documents containing red and either blue or yellow.

        Enter:           (red AND yellow) OR blue

        Find:             documents containing red and yellow or just blue.

        Wildcard Searches

        Searches can include the wildcard symbols * and ?. The * replaces multiple characters (up to 80). The ? replaces a single character.

        Enter:     German*

        Find:     Germany, Germanic, Germans, ...

        Enter:     19??

        Find:     1900,1901, 1902,... 1999

        Searching for Phrases

        When you enter several words in a search,  all texts containing these words are retrieved:

        Enter:     band of brothers

        Find:     Any text that contains the combination of these three words. For example: "Both of my brothers played in the high school band."

        To find words directly next to each other, place square brackets [  ] around the phrase.

        Enter:     [band of brothers]

        Find:     Any text that contains this exact phrase.

Printing

Ÿ     Choose FILE - PRINT to print the document that is currently displayed.

The HELP file includes more information on using askSam.

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