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Use wildcard symbols to broaden the scope of your search. Wildcard characters act as placeholders that can represent a single character, multiple characters, or an entire word.
When you attach a wildcard to your search terms, Checkpoint retrieves documents that contain either the keywords or variations of the keywords as determined by the type of wildcard you use.
Example: A search for the term "termina*" retrieves documents that contain the terms: terminate or termination or terminations or terminal, and so forth.
| Connector | Purpose | Example |
|---|---|---|
| * (asterisk) | The asterisk is a placeholder for 0 or more characters. Placing the asterisk (*) at the end of a word searches for a variety of endings. |
Example: deprecia* Finds: all words beginning with the letters deprecia, such as depreciate, depreciates, depreciation, and so forth. |
| ? (question mark) | The question mark variable replaces a single character in a search term. The variable can appear anywhere within a search term except at the beginning. It can also appear more than once within the same term. |
Example: hans? n Finds: hanson, hansen
Example: s????holder Finds: stockholder, shareholder |
| # (number sign) | The number sign at the beginning of a word disables equivalencies and plurals for the search term, but it does not disable possessives. The number sign must immediately precede the search term to be effective. |
Example: #damage Finds: damage Does not find: damages
Example: #abe Finds: abe, abe's Does not find: abes, american bar endowment |
| - (hyphen) | The hyphen allows variations of compound words. |
Example: e-mail Finds: e-mail, e mail, email |
Alert! When displaying search results, Checkpoint may not necessarily highlight all keyword variations. Also, certain non-displayable portions of documents may contain keyword hits.