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Getting Started
This section provides a starting point for working with IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop.
Searches and queries
IXIASOFT CCMS has features that you can use to search the repository for documents or search and replace text within these documents.
Configure search
You can set defaults for the different panels of the Search view and specify how the panels are displayed.

CCMS Desktop User Guide
- Introduction
  IXIASOFT CCMS is a documentation solution that combines the mechanics of an extensible environment, a powerful Content Management System (CMS), and the elegant modularity of DITA.
- Overview of the IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop
  This section provides a brief explanation of what DITA is and an overview of the IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop interface.
- Getting Started
  This section provides a starting point for working with IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop.
  - Starting the IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop
    The procedures in this section tell you how to start the CCMS Desktop.
  - Searches and queries
    IXIASOFT CCMS has features that you can use to search the repository for documents or search and replace text within these documents.
    - Search view
      The Search view is where you create queries to search the Content Store.
    - Searching for documents
      To search for documents, enter search criteria in the Search view. Results are displayed in the Search Results view.
    - Date search features
      You can use the Dates panel of the Search view to search for documents created or modified on exact calendar dates (Fixed Date) or for documents you worked on Yesterday or Last Week (Relative Date).
    - Advanced Search features
      Advanced Search lets you construct complex searches in the repository using many different criteria.
    - Search Results view operations
      When the search is done, the results appear in the Search Results view, where you can refine and work with the results.
    - Configure search
      You can set defaults for the different panels of the Search view and specify how the panels are displayed.
      - Setting default search parameters
        You can save settings that you frequently use in a panel of the Search view as the default setting for that panel.
      - Restoring search defaults
        You can restore parameters in the Search view to their defaults. You can restore the search defaults for panels individually or for all panels at once.
      - Customizing the Search view layout
        You can rearrange the Search view panels to suit your working habits. You can also hide panels that are not used often.
    - Working with queries
      Queries are sets of search parameters that you can save and reuse. You can edit and save any queries that you create.
    - Standard search operators and wildcards
      You can use standard search operators and wildcards in the Search for field or in entry fields in the Advanced Search to refine your search criteria.
    - Searching within a sub-tree
      You can search for topics within a specific sub-tree of a map that is open in DITA Map view.
    - Searching the XML content of a map
      You can quickly search through the content of documents in a map, including the XML elements and attributes.
    - Search and replace the XML content of a map
      You can search and replace XML text strings within the topics of a map.
    - Applying XSL transformations to one or more topics
      You can use the Search and Replace feature to apply a different XSLT to one or more topics on the fly.
    - Finding a topic in a map
      You can find out where a topic is in the map that you have open in DITA Map view.
    - Search and replace with Regular Expressions
    - Appended search results
      When you locate documents or append search results, the results are stored in separate lists. This way both searches are maintained, and the Search Results view does not automatically discard the results of the last search.
    - Isolating appended search results
      The functions in the Search Results view apply to all the results in the window, including all documents that you have located and appended search results.
    - Locating errors
      Use the buttons in warning dialog boxes to locate the documents that caused the error.
  - Using the Oxygen XML Editor
    The Oxygen XML Editor is an intuitive interface with many powerful tools for working with XML documents.
  - Importing and exporting documents
    IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop provides wizards that let you import valid DITA documents into the TEXTML repository.
  - Working with IXIASOFT CCMS Web
    IXIASOFT CCMS Web has a streamlined user interface that is easier for SMEs and reviewers to use than IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop, and it provides writers with all the core tools they need to author content.
  - Working offline
    You can keep working in IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop in the Offline perspective when you cannot connect to the Content Store.
- Working with DITA
  This section provides information and instructions about how to author content using IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop.
- Using IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop features
  This section provides information and instructions about how to use IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop functionality to perform other actions with the objects in the CMS.
- Localizing documents
  Localization is the process of translating content and adapting it for use in another language.
- Glossary
- Shortcut keys
  Shortcut keys let you perform many routine actions with just two or three keystrokes.
- Copyright notice
- Technical support
  IXIASOFT Customer Support staff are available to answer your questions. We welcome your comments.

Configure search

You can set defaults for the different panels of the Search view and specify how the panels are displayed.

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