How to search topics by keywords here?

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Users are seeking a way to search for topics by keywords in the forum but are currently limited to filtering by poster and prefix. The suggestion is to simply use the main "SEARCH" function without additional filters for better results. Some users express frustration over not noticing the search option, feeling embarrassed about their oversight. The discussion highlights a common experience of struggling with interface navigation. Overall, the thread emphasizes the importance of utilizing the search feature effectively to find answers to previously discussed questions.
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Hey all, I have a few questions that I believe are not that uncommon, so I would like to search for the keywords on the topic on the various sub-forums, but in the filter-menu I can only search by poster and prefix? Is there no way to search for keywords? I truly believe that most of my questions have probably been extensively answered already, so I would like to "do my homework" and check old posts first, without having to go through every page of a sub-forum.

What to do?
 
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Feymar said:
Hey all, I have a few questions that I believe are not that uncommon, so I would like to search for the keywords on the topic on the various sub-forums, but in the filter-menu I can only search by poster and prefix? Is there no way to search for keywords? I truly believe that most of my questions have probably been extensively answered already, so I would like to "do my homework" and check old posts first, without having to go through every page of a sub-forum.

What to do?
Insert the keywords and leave everything else blank. You can do this forum specifically so you get probably better results.
 
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fresh_42 said:
Insert the keywords and leave everything else blank. You can do this forum specifically so you get probably better results.

Oh, goodness me! I was dying over here trying to find a filter around the topic interface for keywords, while the huge "SEARCH" was quietly looming in the corner all the time, probably laughing at me and my incompetence to find things.

Sorry for the nonsense topic of a seemingly blind mole-man person. I feel so embarrassed right now.
 
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Feymar said:
Oh, goodness me! I was dying over here trying to find a filter around the topic interface for keywords, while the huge "SEARCH" was quietly looming in the corner all the time, probably laughing at me and my incompetence to find things.

Sorry for the nonsense topic of a seemingly blind mole-man person. I feel so embarrassed right now.
You can count me among those that can't see things until I complain or question why something's "not there". :doh:
 
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Likewise. I'm sure we've all "been there" at one time or another. o:)
 
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jtbell said:
Likewise. I'm sure we've all "been there" at one time or another. o:)
Just today. Lost at a ticket machine: "Why the heck doesn't it accept the money?" - "You have to click on the date first" - "Urrrghhh!"
 

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