13.6. Telling Applications Where to Search
SharePoint provides a search Web service that can be used by applications that understand how to submit queries and return results from a Web service. Microsoft Office applications and Internet Explorer are two examples of applications that can take advantage of the search service. In Microsoft Office applications such as Microsoft Word, users can Alt+click on a word and open the Research task pane. The Research task pane is also available through the menus. This task pane provides access to online resources such as dictionaries, thesauri, and other sites. The SharePoint Search Center can be added as a research service as well.
13.6.1.
13.6.1.1. Search SharePoint from Microsoft Word
Open the Research task pane. At the bottom of the pane choose Research Options.
In the Research Options dialog, choose Add Services.
In the Add Services dialog, enter the address of the SharePoint server search Web service as follows: http://server/_vti_bin/search.asmx. Click Add and confirm the choice of the intranet site.
Click OK to return to the Research task pane.
Test a search against the SharePoint site by entering a term in the Search For: box in the Research task pane. Select the SharePoint instance from the drop-down menu. It is near the bottom under All Intranet Sites and Portals, as shown in Figure 13-19
Figure 13-19. Figure 13-19
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