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It would be great to be able to input custom search functions into the standard SFDC search utility. Associating symbols ("-", "&") with search functions ("not", "and") would empower SFDC's standard search capability substantially. I know that we can use reports but we shouldn't have to if we are talking about locating records on the fly.

Jakester 10/24/08	Advanced Search already lets you do this - you can use "or", "and", and "*" for wildcards.
thecrmninja 10/24/08	Thank you. Can you use anything for "not"? Like, in the above example, you can use "-" before a string to specify that it is not to be included in the results? And, is there an "Exact Phrase" function?
Jakester 10/24/08	Yep - "and not" and use quotes for an exact phrase. If you click on Advanced Search then hover over the blue letter "i" you'll see all the possibilities.
thecrmninja 10/25/08	Fantastic. Thanks jakester and my apologies to the community for an unnecessary suggestion. Moderators, can this be removed or reverted to "Existing function"?

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