Finding What You Need at Pain-Topics.org

This Pain Treatment Topics website, Pain-Topics.org, contains a wealth of information and documents on pain management. However, finding just what you need can be unnecessarily time consuming. Several helpful search features can help you locate information of interest more efficiently and quickly.

Using the site search engine...

Enter the term or terms of interest into the site search engine box (image at right) in the top right corner of any Pain-Topics.org page, then press the “Go” button. This will produce the search-results page, which lists documents and website pages containing the
search term(s).

At the search engine results page (image at right), further search terms can be entered. Then, press the “Submit” button for the new search.

The search-result listings provide links to pages or documents containing the search term(s), but not to the exact location of the term(s). Once, the page or document of interest has been accessed, a more exact and time-saving search can be performed using the “find on this page” function.

Using the “find on this page” function in the browser…

Most browsers, like the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE), have a built-in “find on this page” function, which can be accessed by pressing the “Control (Ctrl)” plus the “F” keys simultaneously on the keyboard. This function also is available under the “Edit” menu (if it is showing on the browser menu bar).

In the “Find” box that appears (image at right), enter the term or terms of interest, click on “Match whole word only,” and then click “Next.” It will go to the next instance of the term(s) on the page; click “Next” again if necessary to go to the next instance of the term(s), and so on until you find the item of interest.

Using the search function in PDF documents...

Many documents accessed at Pain-Topics.org are in the Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format. These are often indicated by the Adobe PDF logo (at right). You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader, available for free download at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

When viewing a PDF document, use the built-in search function to easily and quickly locate a term or terms of interest within the document. Click on the “Search” button icon (image at left) below the menu bar. This function also is available under the “Edit” menu, or by pressing the “Control (Ctrl)” plus the “F” keys simultaneously on the keyboard.

In the panel that appears along the right side of the document (image at right), enter the term or terms of interest and click on the search button. Links to all instances of the term(s) in the document will be listed and these can be selected individually for viewing.