Autocomplete (File/Open) not working!

[Fawke101]

Hi there,

I have 3 an installs of office xp (fully updated) that is causing us issues.

When opening a file (IE doc1.doc) and you start to type the name in the box
it would usually fill in the name automatically for you (similar to web
pages).
We have 10,000 documents in our folder and this function, however trivial,
is vital!

How/where can we re-enable this in office?

Thanks in advance

Fawke

 

[Mary Sauer]

Do the opposite of what this article discusses
Names of Previously Opened and Saved Files Appear in Typical Windows Explorer-Style
Dialog Boxes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;322948

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Fawke,

In the Office File=>Open dialogs you can use
*text* to have it find the matching file names
when you hit enter to present a tailored list.

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Hi there,

I have 3 an installs of office xp (fully updated) that is causing us issues.

When opening a file (IE doc1.doc) and you start to type the name in the box
it would usually fill in the name automatically for you (similar to web
pages).
We have 10,000 documents in our folder and this function, however trivial,
is vital!

How/where can we re-enable this in office?

Thanks in advance

Fawke >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx