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IX. Searching for Messages

You can search for messages in your course's board using the WebBoard search window. You can search all the conferences at once, or just choose one to search. You can search by the author's name, or by a word or phrase in the message subject line or the body of the message.

Two links appear at the top of the search window: one takes you to a list of messages posted today (this will show you messages that you have not already marked as read), and the other opens the Search Users window. The search window looks like this:

To search for a message or messages, do the following:

1. Click on the Search button in the WebBoard menubar.
2. In the Message Search window, click on the name of the conference you want to search. To select more than one conference to search,

Hold down the <> key while clicking once on the name of each conference you want to search.

Hold down the <CTRL> key while clicking once on the name of each conference you want to search.

3. Select to search Topics only or Topics and message bodies
4. Select the level of display you want to see.
5. Select the number of matches you want to see (up to 30, 60, or 120) at one time.
6. Type the desired word or phrase in the Search for text box.
7. Click the Search button.