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===Limiting results===

Axaptapedia's default search mode will turn up results with '''''any''''' of the words in your query. For instance, <tt>[http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search=search+engine search engine]</tt> turns up many results containing only "search" but not "engine" or only "engine" but not "search" in addition to the ones you probably wanted, which contain both words.

To limit to results that include '''''all''''' words, put a "+" at the beginning of each word: <tt>[http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search=%2Bsearch+%2Bengine +search +engine]</tt> returns only pages containing both words, like Google's default mode.

You can also do a '''phrase''' search by enclosing words in quotes: <tt>[http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search=%22search+engine%22 "search engine"]</tt> turns up a smaller set of results, which not only have both words but have them in order.

To '''exclude''' results that include some word, put a "-" at the beginning: <tt>[http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search=search+-engine search -engine]</tt>