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Accessibility MessageThis Web site has been designed with a view to making the information accessible to all users, including persons with disabilities who use adaptive technologies to receive and disseminate information. We encourage accessible Internet site development and maintenance and invite your comments and suggestions for improvement of the accessibility of this site. Contact us by e-mail at webmaster@privcom.gc.ca or by telephone at 1 (800) 282-1376. General NavigationEvery page on the OPC Web site shares a common look and feel. This ensures that you can easily travel from section to section without getting confused by the layout. By giving this help page a quick glance, you are ensuring problem free navigation. Page StructureEach page has the same layout. The HeaderThe header is the same on all pages and allows quick and easy access to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's programs. The SidebarA separate sidebar appears in each program. It allows you to navigate the program with ease. Use the sidebar to quickly jump between various sections of the program you are in. The FooterThe Footer displays the last time the page was updated. SearchAt its simplest, a query can be just a word or a phrase. But with the tips on this page, you can change the focus of your query to give you more precise results. These tips will get you started with basic query language and acquaint you with the power of the search engine. Word searchingType one or more key words separated by the operator AND (see below for more information on the use of Boolean operators). Search for: The above example will give a list of documents containing both computer and printer. The documents containing the most instances of the key words will appear at the top of the search results list. Phrase searchingType key words together to ensure that the search results contain only perfect matches (the same words in the same order). Search for: The above example will give results containing the phrase travel directives. Put quotation marks around keywords if your query contains one of the Boolean operators and you want Index Server to take them literally. Search for: The above example will give results containing the phrase Privatization and services. TruncationReplace the ending of a key word with an asterisk (*) as a wild card character to retrieve documents containing variant root word endings. Search for: The above example will retrieve documents containing the variations finance, finances, financial, finance's, etc. "Fuzzy" searchingAdd two asterisks (**) as wild card characters to the end of a key word to search for all forms of that word. Search for: The above example will retrieve documents containing sink, sinking, sank, and sunk. Boolean operatorsAre used to combine key words into one search.
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Date published: 2004-03-31 |
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