Viewing Awards
Our awards are available in two formats. PDF is a document format created by Adobe that allows us to save images of the actual awards that are searchable and true representations of their paper originals. HTM allows the text from the original documents to retain formatting so that they can be brought into word processing documents with minimal loss of formatting. If you're reading this right now you already have the tool to view HTM files, your browser. However you may or may not have Acrobat Reader, the tool needed to view PDF files.
If you don't have Acrobat Reader, download it
for free at www.adobe.com
Tips for Searching
At its simplest, a query can be just a word or a phrase. But with the tips on this page, you can expand the focus of your query to give you more complete results. These tips will get you started with basic query language and acquaint you with the full power of Microsoft Index Server.
· Look for words with the same prefix. For example, in your query form type key* to find key, keying, keyhole, keyboard, and so on.
· Search for all forms of a word. For example, in the form type sink** to find sink, sinking, sank, and sunk.
· Search with the keyword NEAR, rather than AND, for words close to each other. For example, both of these queries, system and manager and system near manager, look for the words system and manager on the same page. But with NEAR, the returned pages are ranked in order of proximity: The closer together the words are, the higher the rank of that page.
· Refine your queries with the AND NOT keywords to exclude certain text from your search. For example, if you want to find all instances of surfing but not the Net, write the following query:
surfing AND NOT the Net
- Add the OR keyword to find all instances of either one word or another, for example:
Abbott OR Costello
This query finds all pages that mention Abbott or Costello or both.
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Put quotation marks around keywords if you want Index
Server to take them literally. For instance, if you type the following query:
"system
near manager"
Index Server will literally look for the complete phrase system near
manager. But if you type the same query without the quotation marks:
system near
manager
Index Server searches all documents for the words system and manager.
· You can look for a particular phrase (i.e., composite service) by typing:
{phrase} composite service
{/phrase}
Note: {phrase} begins the phrase and {/phrase} shows end of phrase. You can also add another criteria following the phrase, i.e., lets say you want to find all awards pertaining to composite service that were sustained. You would type the following for your search criteria:
{phrase} composite service {/phrase} and sustained
· If you want to print a copy of an award, use the tif file (.tif) for an actual copy as was distributed by the NRAB/NMB. If you need it for word processing purposes, you can use the html file (.htm) and the PDF document (.pdf) you can use to search for the specific words you searched on.
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Use Free Text Queries if you want to enter queries
using natural language. Index Server will examine your query, extract nouns and
noun phrases and construct a query for you. With free text queries you can
enter any text you want, from a proper question, to a string of words and
phrases, without worrying about the query language. For example, if you type in
the following query:
"How do I
use the Index Server administration snap-in?"
Index Server will create a query for you automatically and begin the search.
Note that when you're using free text queries, the regular query language
features are disabled and keywords such as AND, OR,
and NEAR are interpreted as normal words.