Easier to find files, Word or Excel

[Mark from Newpark]

When performing a File - Open, the system presents you with a default folder
of files you use. I use a naming convention with this folder to organize
many files in one folder. I wish they had a Find box that is presented
first. In this box I could type the first character or more and the many
files would jump to the first file in the list that had that character
string. Also could use find with a feature that allows you to use characters
that are seperated by spaces which the system will identify use the next
word's first letter, save on typing. Example - N 2 F this would identify a
file like - Newpark 2005 Financial, using the first character of each word.
With this feature I cold limit the number of folders and just use naming
conventions for file names.

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[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Mark

Rather than develop some arcane naming structure, why don't you create
folders within the main one to sort your files into?..

 

[Mark from Newpark]

Mike,

Thanks for your reply. I agree that folders work, but they can get out of
order also. The reason I do not like folders is they become full of files
also and then you need to seperate files by a naming convention anyway in
order to know where to look.

Naming convetnions is the key to organizing files or folders. Without it
you would not know which folder to look in.

So with that I keep all files in one working folder. The key is I use
naming conventions like you would with folders to easily find the file. With
1 folder or many, I still think when presented with the list of files in your
folder if they gave you a box to enter the first characters it would make the
hunt much easier.

Thanks again for your feed back, but I think the naming conventions is the
key to all organizing of work on a computer. With that said lets see if we
can think of a search box like explorer has.

Mark