Search & Preview for SharePoint builds on the functionality provided by the Microsoft SharePoint Server search engine to create a more flexible and powerful search solution that could easily be created using the default SharePoint features. By adding Search & Preview, IT-professionals are saved months of reprogramming to the specific needs of organizations using SharePoint. Search & Preview is extremely flexible and customizable, enterprise-ready and has an abundance of clever and indispensable features.
| Important features introduced and improved upon by Search & Preview include |
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| Boolean search (AND,OR,NOT) |
| NEAR search |
| Wildcard search (*) |
| Advanced query syntax |
| Advanced search page |
| Action menu on search results (View properties, Alert me, etc) |
| Configurable web parts |
| Customizable search dialog |
| Firefox support |
| Hit highlighting in search results |
| Jump to list items from search result |
| Open links in new window |
| Save search * |
| Painless deployment |
| Search standard properties like Author, Title, etc. |
| Web-based configuration in a SharePoint look & feel |
| XSLT customization of all web parts |
| Enhanced search center |
| Search custom properties |
| Search by content type |
| Search scopes |
| Quick filters |
| Customizable action menu on search results * |
| Display custom properties in search results |
| Use search result web part with fixed search expression |
| Refiner (automatic search refinement suggestions) |
| Enhanced best bets |
| Enhanced people search * |
| Image search * |
| Search result grouping |
| Site level search configurations (behavior of a single search center can vary based on the site from which the user search) |
| Tabbed search |
| Email & phone support |
| Federated Search |
| Search using the SharePoint search engine |
- Not supported by Microsoft Search Server and Search Server Express
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