Each of the 8 filters available for Personal Profiles allows you to exclude certain results based on a variety of criteria. The following is a description of each of the Personal Profiles filters.
Note that the settings you create for each Profile affect that Profile only - i.e. you must specify your filter preferences for each individual Profile.
Editorials
The Editorials filter excludes any article whose Story Type is classified as an Editorial.
Letters to the Editor
The Letters to the Editor filter excludes any article whose Story Type is classified as a Letter to the Editor.
Sports
The Sports filter excludes any article which originated in the Sports section of the newspaper. Note that articles about sports which appeared in other sections of the newspaper will NOT be excluded.
Arts, Life, Homes, Food
The Arts, Life, Homes, Food filter excludes any article which originated in any of those sections of the newspaper.
News Briefs
The News Briefs filter eliminates columns of short news summaries, where the title or headline of the column is "News Briefs."
Stock Market Summaries
The Stock Market Summaries filter eliminates articles which are lists of stock market results.
Caption Only
The Caption Only filter excludes any item which has no story text - i.e. the caption of photos or other images that ran without an accompanying article.
CP Wire in papers
The CP Wire in papers filter excludes articles whose source is CP Wire (Canadian Press.) This allows you to cut down on duplicate articles (see also Condensed Hits vs. Individual Hits). Note that this filter will NOT exclude the ORIGINAL CP Wire article - only those versions printed in newspapers.
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