Could you make WebDewey allow truncated searches in the User Notes?  It would be good, for instance, to be able to do a search for 'john' and retrieve:

John
Johnnie
Johnny
Johnson
Johnston
Johnstone
Johnstown
etc.

This functionality is already available through the use of the wild card (character mask/truncation).  You can get these results now if you try your search "john*" (without the quotes). 

Use truncation to expand a term to include variant endings.  Or use truncation when you know only the first part of a term.  Type the first characters of the term (include as many characters as you know); then type an asterisk (*).  Examples: librar*, comput*, catalog*

Use character masking (wildcards) to expand a term to include variant spellings or when you are unsure of the correct spelling for part of a term.  Type a question mark (?) or a number sign (#) in place of the character(s) you want to mask.  Use the question mark to retrieve variants of 0 or more characters.  Examples:col?r retrieves color or colour; int?net retrieves internet or intranet.  Use the number sign to retrieve variants of exactly 1 character.  Example:wom#n retrieves both woman and women. 

Last revised: 31 January 2004