Is it possible to search for strings containing spaces and special characters?

[ghall3]

In our RoboHelp project, there are figures with text labels such as Figure 1, Figure 3-2, etc.

When I search for "Figure 3" I get all pages containing "Figure" and "3", even if I surround it in quotes.  Similarly, searching for "3-2" treats the '-' character as a space and searches for all pages containing '3' or '2'.

Is there a way to search for strings containing spaces and special characters?

[RoboColum_n_]

Can you tell us what output you are creating as the answer depends on this.

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The RoboColum(n)

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Colum McAndrew

[ghall3]

I am creating WebHelp output.

[RoboColum_n_]

In that case I think the answer is no if you are using the standard search engine. However I believe that Zoom Search does allow this type of searching. Check out this link for further information.

http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/zoomsearch/zoomsearch.htm

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The RoboColum(n)

@robocolumn

Colum McAndrew