File Search Engine

[JimEagleOne]

Basic file search. I enter text "swim". I enter "Search in:" location. I
enter "Results should be in:" anything. The files are not found.

For some reason the text HAS to be whole words only. Word fragments will not
be found. Why? The Help says "swim" will find "swimming", but it does not. I
have to enter the text "swimming". If I use the search engine in Windows
Explorer it works. The Office engine does not. What's wrong?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jim,

What version of Word and are you in the File=>Open
dialog or ???

Try search using *swim*

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Basic file search. I enter text "swim". I enter "Search in:" location. I
enter "Results should be in:" anything. The files are not found.

For some reason the text HAS to be whole words only. Word fragments will not
be found. Why? The Help says "swim" will find "swimming", but it does not. I
have to enter the text "swimming". If I use the search engine in Windows
Explorer it works. The Office engine does not. What's wrong?
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... jim ..>>
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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

 

[JimEagleOne]

Bob,

Yes, of course *swim* does work. But I was trying to get it to work as
advertized. The Windows Explorer and Office File search should work
identically.

... Jim ..

 

[JimEagleOne]

Bob,

Word 2003. I got there using File | File Search.