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An easy way to search for terms such as SFL, mag, PTP, etc. is to add an asterisk to the end of the term. Using a truncation operator.
For example, searching the term "TAC*" It will retrieve entries for all posts containing the words: Tac One, Tac-One, TacOne.
Searching AO with no asterisk: "TAC"
![](https://www.automags.org/images/AO/AO%20CMS/AO%20Forum/Searching1.png)
Searching AO with asterisk: "TAC*"
![](https://www.automags.org/images/AO/AO%20CMS/AO%20Forum/Searching2.png)
We went from 0 pages to 13 pages worth of posts with some form of the word "TAC" in it. Not bad!