Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 25novdocx (ENU) 01 February 2006Property searches follow the rules mentioned in Section , “Search Tips,” on page 24. You can useproperty searches as an exclusion query or OR query, and phrases can be used as query. Forexample, the following line will search for all PDF or HTML documents containing the word“apple” whose author property contains “john” and whose title does not contain the word “oranges.”apple ext:pdf OR ext:html author:john -title:orangesSetting Search and Indexing PreferencesUse the Search Preferences dialog box to set search and indexing preferences. To open SearchPreferences, click Computer > More Applications > System > Beagle Settings. You can also clickSearch > Preferences in the Desktop Search dialog box.On the Search tabbed page, click Start search & indexing services automatically to start the searchdaemon when you log in (this is selected by default). You can also choose the keystrokes that willdisplay the Desktop Search window by specifying any combination of Ctrl, Alt, and a function key.F12 is the default keystroke.On the Indexing tabbed page, you can choose to index your home directory (selected by default), tonot index your home directory, and to add additional directories to index. Make sure you have rightsto the directories you add. You can also specify resources that you don’t want indexed (see Section ,“Preventing Files and Directories from Being Indexed,” on page 25 for more information).Preventing Files and Directories from Being IndexedUse the Search Preferences dialog box to specify resources that you don’t want indexed. Theseresources can include directories, patterns, mail folders, or types of objects.1 Click Computer > More Applications > System > Beagle Search Tool.2 Click Search > Preferences.3 On the Indexing tabbed page, click Add in the Privacy section.4 Select a resource to exclude from indexing, then specify the path to the resource.5 Click OK twice.1.4.4 Accessing Files on the NetworkThis chapter helps you access network resources using the following tasks:• “Connecting to Your Network” on page 25• “Managing Network Connections” on page 27• “Accessing Network Shares” on page 27• “Sharing Directories from Your Computer” on page 28Connecting to Your NetworkThere are essentially two ways that you can connect to a network: via wired and wirelessconnections. To view your network connection status, click Computer. In the Status area of the main
