Word file search

[Paul Elkin]

Whilst trying to find a document in word 2002 in the open file window, if I
just put part of the file name in the bottom line then I get a blank screen
when I expect to see a number of options. How can I change the settings ?

 

[Shauna Kelly]

Hi Paul

If you're coming from an earlier version of Word, then you need to bear in
mind that this functionality changed in Word 2002.

Try the following. File > Open. In the File name box, type say memo* and
press Enter or Tab. The * acts as a wildcard and basically means "anything".
So searching for files named memo* will locate all the files whose names
begin with "memo", without regard for subsequent characters in the filename.

You can create quite sophisticated searches very easily. So search for say
*budget* would return all the letters and memos with "budget" in the middle
of the name. Or you could search for for *budget, which would capture file
names ending in "budget".

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

 

[Bev Anderson]

Paul:

I struggled with this one myself. If you use an asterisk * before the words
you are searching for and after as well, with no spaces you will get a list
of all documents containing those words. For instance: *document*. Try it.

Bev Anderson