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Old 25th February 2008 | 18:04
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How to search for things with less than 4 characters

I am trying to search for CAE on pprune, but it wants min 4 characters, how do you get round it
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Old 25th February 2008 | 18:49
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Use Google with pprune as a search item as well. It won't be comprehensive but may help.

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Old 25th February 2008 | 18:55
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There was a Sticky on this until recently: you can use a "site:" term on Google, like site:pprune.org CAE
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Old 25th February 2008 | 19:59
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Try putting " " around the word.
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Old 25th February 2008 | 20:14
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Nope - bnt's way is the only one.
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Old 25th February 2008 | 20:27
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CAE site:www.pprune.org

That's how I do it, you'll be surprised how many people don't know how to use a search engine properly No big deal - you learn something new everyday.

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Old 25th February 2008 | 20:48
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There was a Sticky on this until recently
Now moved to the FAQ section to make way for the Mac Corner sticky...

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