provide help search tips for office 2003 help files!

[Grinner0]

Searching help files in office 2003 is an almost completely helpless task.
If you search for one word you *may* get something close. If you are daring
enough to put two or more words together, there is absolutely no telling what
you may come up with or get any idea about what you are actually trying to
find...unless it's a *popular* enough topic (i.e., confusing to a larger
number of users) that the system may bring it up.
How about something radical like "Help Search Tips" or XP or Office XP "Help
Search Tips" that give an idea of how to get something at least a little off
the beaten path and that may not absolutely require you to know the EXACT
NAME for the service or item or other widget for which you are searching.

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[Beth Melton]

I'm all for something radical like, <gasp> an Index or a Find feature that
finds all words in your search string and also highlights the words on the
content page for you.

Wait a minute; I seem to recall both of the above being available back when
Help actually worked...

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Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

My favorite was the option to find every instance of a particular word. I
used that OFTEN.