Setting Search/Display Options

The Options pop-up window displays Checkpoint's current or default settings. You can use this window to set your own preferences for search results and search display options.

To set search/display options:

1. On the top toolbar, select Options.

   The Options window appears.

2. On the left navigation bar, click Search/Display.

3. Make the changes you want to the Search Results, Keywords, and Table of Contents settings.

   Search Results	Use these options to define how you want to view your document search results: Search Result Default View With the following options, you can select how you want to display your search results on the Search Results screen: Select Source List to display the number of documents contained in each source type. (default setting) Select All Documents to display all of the documents that meet your search criteria. Select Table of Contents to display the documents that meet your search criteria in the Table of Contents hierarchy format. Select Use Last to use the same search setting that you used for your previous search. Display Filter Options With the following options, you can select whether to see hits only or text surrounding the keyword hit: Select View Sources with Hits Only to have the Search Results list display only sources that include hits. Clearing this check box displays all sources in the Search Results list, including those with 0 hits. Select Display Words Around Hits to see a brief excerpt of the document text containing the keyword hit in the document list results. This lets you determine whether the document pertains to your search goals. (default setting).
   Keywords	Use these options to change your keyword search settings: Select Automatically apply all thesaurus terms if you want all available thesaurus terms to be applied automatically to your keyword searches. Warning: Selecting this option results in a large number of search hits and may not provide targeted results for your research topic. The recommended setting is to keep this check box clear and use more focused keyword and thesaurus alternatives using the Thesaurus/Query Tool link found next to each keyword entry field. Select Show AutoComplete to toggle on and off the automatic search query completion feature on the Keyword Search field. This feature suggests keyword terms when you begin typing in the Keyword Search field. Suggested terms are generated using the most popular matching terms from all Checkpoint user searches and your personal search history.
   Table of Contents	Use these options to change your Table of Contents format display settings: Select Show all levels to view all branches of the Table of Contents, even those that do not contain hits. (default setting) Select Show only levels with hits to view only those branches of the Table of Contents that contain hits.

4. After making your changes, click Save and close to save the changes.

   Note: If necessary, you can click Cancel to return to the original settings.

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