Advanced Search

Click on a term below to learn about features and techniques available for advanced search.

How:	Under "Find Results:", select "All of these keywords" before initiating a search.
What:	You can perform customized "AND" searches by choosing "All of these keywords" first. This is the default option. Pages will be returned if all of the words in the search were found, in any order, on the same page. TOP

Find Results: Any of these keywords

How:	Under "Find Results:", select "Any of these keywords" before initiating a search.
What:	You can perform customized "OR" searches by choosing "Any of these keywords". Pages will be returned if any of the words in the search were found on the page. This option is similar to placing an "OR" between all of your search terms. TOP

How:	Under "Find Results:", select "This exact phrase" before initiating a search.
What:	You can perform quick and accurate searches by choosing "This exact phrase". Pages will be returned if exactly all of the words in the search were found on the page's keywords. For example, if you searched for "Policy Papers", it would return pages that contained the words Policy and Papers next to each other in the keywords' text. TOP

How:	Under "Find Results:", select "without the words" before initiating a search.
What:	You can perform exclusive searches by choosing "without the words". Pages will be returned if none of the words in the search were found on the page. This option only works if you combine it with other types of Find Results options. For example, if you want to find pages with the words "treasury" and "program" but without the word "offset". TOP

How:	Under "Occurences:", select "Anywhere in the page" before initiating a search.
What:	You can perform customized searches choosing "Anywhere in the page". Pages will be returned if any or all of the words in the search were found on any parts of the page, including document title, description, actual file name, and uniform resource locator (URL). Note that actual selecting any or all of the keywords depends on "Find Results:" options. TOP

How:	Under "Occurences:", select "In the title of the page" before initiating a search.
What:	You can perform customized searches choosing "In the title of the page". Pages will be returned if any or all of the words in the search were found on the document's title. Note that actual selecting any or all of the keywords depends on "Find Results:" options. TOP

How:	Under "Occurences:", select "In the text of the page" before initiating a search.
What:	You can perform customized searches choosing "In the text of the page". Pages will be returned if any or all of the words in the search were found in the first 320 characters contained in the page or document. Note that actual selecting any or all of the keywords depends on "Find Results:" options. TOP

How:	Under "Occurences:", select "In the URL of the page" before initiating a search.
What:	You can perform customized searches choosing "In the URL of the page". Pages will be returned if any or all of the words in the search were found in the location or file name of the page or document. Note that using acronyms and selecting all of the keywords in "Find Results:" options will make the document's URL easier to identify. This option also enables searches for file types. TOP

Sort: Sort by relevance

How:	Under "Sort:", select "Sort by relevance" before initiating a search.
What:	You can sort the search results by relevance by choosing the "Sort by relevance." The default option is "Sort by relevance ." This option ranks the results and places pages with the highest rankings (most relevant) at the top of the list. TOP

Sort: Sort by date

How:	Under "Sort Results by:", select "Sort by date" before initiating a search.
What:	You can sort the search results by date by choosing "Sort by date." This option sorts the search results with the newest options at the top of the list. TOP

Sort: Sort by URL

How:	Under "Sort Results by:", select "Sort by URL" before initiating a search.
What:	You can sort the search results by topic by choosing "Sort by URL." This option sorts the search results with the same topics in alphabetic order. TOP

Find Results:

How:	Under "Find Results:", select the number of pages to display from the drop down list before initiating a search.
What:	You can customize the number of search results displayed by choosing the number of documents displayed at a time and in a group in "Show Results in:" The default option is 10 pages. This option displays the results in groups of 10. A navigation bar will facilitate forward or backward movement. Most Internet search engines return results in this fashion. TOP

Search in: All FMS Pages

How:	Do nothing; the default option is to search the entire site.
What:	The default option is to search the entire site. The search engine will return all information in HTML relate to searched words from a wide variety of topics of interests. TOP

How:	Select one of the topics in the drop down list. About FMS ASAP Austin Financial Center Automated Clearing House Bulk Transfers CA$HLINK Cash Management Improvement Act Check Claims Child-Support Payments Collateral Combined Statement CTX Payments Current Value of Funds Daily Treasury Statement Debit Card Debt Collection Electronic Certification System Electronic Funds Transfer FACTS I FACTS II FAST Book FEDTAX II Financial Connection Financial Report of the U.S. Gov't FMS Strategic Plan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Frequently-Asked Questions Fund Balance with Treasury GOALS II Gold Book Gold Report Governmentwide Accounting Project Green Book Human Resources Imprest Fund Internet Payment Platform IPAC IRRI Judgment Fund Kansas City Financial Center Legislative Affairs Minority Bank Deposit Program Monthly Treasury Statement PACER PAID Paper Check Conversion/OTC Pay.gov Philadelphia Financial Center Prompt Payment Public Affairs Collection System Rebids Regulations Secure Payment System Standard General Ledger Stored Value Cards Surety Bonds TIN Policy Training/Tech. Assistance for Int'l Gov'ts Treasury Agency Services Treasury Bulletin Treasury Check Information System Treasury Financial Manual Treasury Investment Program Treasury Managed Accounts Treasury Tax & Loan Actions Working at FMS
What:	This option is to search specific area within the site. The search engine will return all information relate to searched words from a wide variety of topics of interests. TOP

Document Type:

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Under "Document Type:", select "All document types" or any of the other choices before initiating a search. Available document types are: Type (file extension) Notation Web pages (html) Text documents: MS Word (doc) Formatted Text (rtf) Unformatted Text (txt) Word Perfect (wpd)   MS Excel Spreadsheets (xls) MS PowerPoint Presentations (ppt) Adobe Acrobat files (pdf) TOP