I can't get "NOT" operator to work

[searcher1]

Hi

I had no problem at all using the "OR" operator "|".
I can't get "NOT" operator "!" to work

Example "OR"expressions:
Melodic patterns pdf | original composition
This type of things works perfectly.
It returns all my Melodic patterns plus all original compositions.

However I can't get the "NOT" operator "!" to work
Example "NOT"expressions:
Melodic patterns pdf ! Blues
I want it to return all my Melodic patterns but not my blues patterns...
but as soon as type the "!" or anything after it, all the result disappear

Can anyone tell what I am doing wrong?

Thank you for any help with this.

[froggie]

Try it without the space after the !

[searcher1]

That's it.Thank you very much. I also noticed from experimenting that multiple contiguous terms used after the "!" must enclosed in quotes ""

[froggie]

Read Help>Search Syntax from the Everything menu. Note that a space is not just white space -- it is the AND operator.

Also read Help>Everything Help and select Searching on the left side. There are examples at the bottom.

[void]

Use < and > to group terms, for example:

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!<abc 123>