Windows Tip: More fun with Outlook 2007
Last week, I started sharing some Outlook 2007 tips based on our recent migration to the 2007 Microsoft Office System. Judging from reader response, this is obviously a hot topic so let's continue along this path for awhile. One of the difficulties users often have when their applications are upgraded is finding new ways of performing old tasks. For example, I have a lousy memory and so I often find myself searching mail folders for a particular keyword or subject. In Outlook 2003 this was easy -- simply right-click on a mail folder and select Advanced Find and then enter your search parameters.
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Hi, I have been going
Hi,I have been going bonkers trying to find things in Outlook 2007. We were upgraded last month...aaargh.
Anyway, I tried what you said to do with the ctrl shift f, etc., checking the search subfolder box, etc., but the only folder that got searched was the original folder; it did not drill down.
Any other suggestions?
Lolly
Should drill down through subfolders
Lolly, are you sure? I click on the checkbox - Search subfolders and I get results for every subfolder. I am search in Personal Folders.use the 'instant search'
use the 'instant search' (ctrl+e) and if you set your search options to 'search all items' then you get subfolders searched immediately.Advanced Find
THANK YOU! I have been looking for a solution to this problem for ages. It is frustrating when something simple in one version is made much more complicated in another version.:)
Thanks for the tip. This was maddening. The default search feature in Outlook 2007 is far less useful to me than in Outlook 2003. Not a change for the better!Outlook 2007 Arrrggghhh's
I agree generally progress can be painful but is often worth it, but so far Outlook 2007 does not have anywhere near enough improvements to balance out some of the very basic advantages of 2003. One of the biggest annoyances, the very issue you discussed - time is money. I do not have time to go through all these clicking and selections to advanced find on a folder. Even worse, when I am searching for something from or to someone, I have to type in the exact name. This is REALLY bad because our company and people at work routinely change their name appearance in the address book. This means if I want to find all messages from this user, I cannot just type their last name and find everything, I have to search all ways they may have appeared. This is REALLY bad and I just started. I am removing 2007 and reverting to 2003.Outlook 2007
In Advanced Find, why is the More Advanced... button disabled in the Advanced Tab???Outlook--TMC
hi, i totaly agree with u on the "advanced find", Outlook 2007 have lots of changes that i don't like, i hate the instant search, but i even can't use "advanced find", it does cause frustration to me. i like your story, it is exactly what i met.replica bags
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