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SharePoint 2010 For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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SharePoint 2010 For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Vanessa L. Williams
July 2012
Beginner
504 pages
10h 54m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 26

Exploring Enterprise Search

In This Chapter

arrow Customizing SharePoint search capabilities

arrow Using search results

arrow Tweaking search

Most websites let you search the site. End users probably won’t be surprised to see the familiar search box in the upper-right corner of all SharePoint sites. Users can use this search box to search the site or list they’re viewing.

Chances are you may want a customized search experience for your site. In this chapter, I walk you through search configuration options.

Tweaking Search

Figure 26-1 shows the default search box found in most SharePoint sites. As shown in the figure, this search box is just a text box with the prompt Search This Site inside it. Type what you want to search for and then click the magnifying glass to execute a search.

Figure 26-1: SharePoint’s search box.

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By default, the search box executes a contextual search. That is, the search box searches the particular site or list where your browser is sitting.

Here are the three things you can do immediately to configure your user’s search experience:

Create a custom search ...

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