How to: Customize Search Results
You can customize how search results appear in the Search page in several ways.
Hide topic abstracts
If you want to reduce the amount of scrolling you do through search results, you can choose to hide the abstract displayed for each topic in the list.
To hide topic abstracts
On the Tools menu, choose Options.
In the Options dialog box, select Help and then choose General.
Clear the Show topic abstracts option.
Change the number of topics displayed on a search results page
You can specify the number of topics that appear on a single search results page.
To change the number of topics displayed at a time
On the Tools menu, choose Options.
In the Options dialog box, select Help and then choose General.
In Search results per page, enter a new number.
Search for content by written language
MSDN Library, MSDN online, and some Codezone Community sites include content written in a language other than English. You can narrow your search results to only include content written in a particular language. You can also choose to include any content written in English that matches your search query.
To change the order of topics by locale
On the Tools menu, choose Options.
In the Options dialog box, select Help and then choose General.
In the Onlinetopic language drop-down list, select the language of the topics that you want to be displayed in the search results list.
Select Also show English topics to include content written in English in the search results list.