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Here's Help About the Advanced Features That Apply Whenever "All Words" Is Selected in the Search Form

• Quotation marks have a special meaning when "All Words" is selected in the search form (instead of "Any Word"). Any group of words surrounded by quotation marks is required to be found exactly as they appear, in order for a news item to be a match (in other words, they denote an exact phrase).

  Example. "standard of review"

• By default, every word must be found in a matching news item (hence the "All Words" nomenclature) unless you include the word "or" (whether or not capitalized). A news item is a match if it has one (or both) of the words on either side of "or".

  Example. vested OR vesting

  Note: This can bite you unexpectedly because the word "or" always triggers that functionality. You'll need to refrain from using the word "or" if you want a fully reliable result that matches "all words."

• The left parenthesis and right parenthesis have a special meaning because they essentially turn multiple words into a single word equivalent. This is handy for words that are synonyms, whether grammatically or in industry usage.

  Example. If this were entered in the search form, a matching news item would need to contain either the word "vested" or the word "lifetime" (anywhere in the news item), plus the word retirement (anywhere in the news item), plus either the word "benefits" or the word "coverage" (anywhere in the news item):
  (vested OR lifetime) retirement (benefits OR coverage)

  You can separate sets of parentheses (or single words) with the word "AND," whether or not capitalized, if you prefer clarity (but this is not necessary because "and" is assumed when "All Words" is selected in the search form):
  (vested OR lifetime) AND retirement AND (benefits or coverage)

• The word "not" has a special meaning because a news item will not match if it contains the word that follows the word "not" (whether or not capitalized).

  Example. A way to find news items about recently required plan document amendments, while excluding older items about the amendments that were required for certain laws enacted in 1982 or 1984, would be:
  (amended OR amendments OR restated OR restatement) NOT (TEFRA OR DEFRA OR REA)

  Note: This can bite you unexpectedly because the word "not" always triggers that functionality. You'll need to refrain from using the word "not" if you want a fully reliable result that matches "all words."

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