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With the creation of the PrintOwners Archives, all current list members now have the option of accessing messages from any time in the list’s history, back to day one.
  • The archive is fully searchable.
  • It’s easy to find past discussions and
    threads on a particular subject.
  • Fast and easy to use.
The archives provide a wealth of information to you, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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The archives were created to meet subscribers’ requests for access to the vast amount of information that has been previously shared through the list.

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The archives are password protected to ensure your privacy and protection from spammers. Only current PrintOwners subscribers are eligible to subscribe to the archives. When you join, you may select your own username and password for easy, convenient access to the archives.

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TIPS FOR SEARCHING THE ARCHIVES
Searching on a single term that is contained in many messages will take significantly longer. Speed up the search by using multiple terms in your query.

For example, to find posts on Microsoft Publisher that include something about scanning, enter "publisher scan" in the query box, and that will narrow down your search much more quickly (it's probably not a good idea to include "Microsoft" because there are likely to be posts on Publisher that don't include the word "Microsoft.") You can enter as many words as necessary to narrow your search. Too many words in your query, however, may result in no hits at all.

You may specify that search results are sorted either by date, subject, or author (default is by date). You may also specify how many hits per page are shown in the search results (default is 10).

The term(s) that are most relevant to your search should be entered first in the query. Don't bury important search terms in long inquiries. For example, if you want to search for issues relating to spell checking in Quark, type your query like this: "Quark spell checking" instead of: "Spell checking in Quark."

Once you find one message that is close to what you are looking for, you can expand the search terms to locate the rest of the thread by searching for the full subject line, or at least more words from it that are likely to be contained in every post of that thread (assuming no one changed the subject line).

In summary:

  • Multiple terms result in faster searches
  • Searches only return hits with all the search terms
  • Too many terms may result in no hits at all
  • Search terms should be beginnings of words, not middle or endings
  • You may specify how results are sorted -- date, subject, or author
  • Expand a successful search on the subject line to follow a thread