Find in Public Folders

[Guest]

We use a public folder to keep files of policies and procedures. There is a
html table of contents, the rest are Word .doc files (links in the table of
contents open the corresponding P&P document).

We want to implement a search feature that searches for keywords in the
entire text of the document. However, it appears (unless I am missing
something) that the Find function in Outlook only works on the "Outlook"
properties (e.g. subject line, sender, etc...) and cannot search the contents
of a non-Outlook file stored in the folders.

Can anyone tell me how to implement a user-friendly text search for the Word
documents contained in a public folder.

Thanks!

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

What happens when you open the Word TOC and then use the Find from within
Word?

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After furious head scratching, K Dales asked:

| We use a public folder to keep files of policies and procedures.
| There is a html table of contents, the rest are Word .doc files
| (links in the table of contents open the corresponding P&P document).
|
| We want to implement a search feature that searches for keywords in
| the entire text of the document. However, it appears (unless I am
| missing something) that the Find function in Outlook only works on
| the "Outlook" properties (e.g. subject line, sender, etc...) and
| cannot search the contents of a non-Outlook file stored in the
| folders.
|
| Can anyone tell me how to implement a user-friendly text search for
| the Word documents contained in a public folder.
|
| Thanks!

 

[Guest]

That works within the document, but the point here is to be able to search
all the files contained in the folder before opening the docs.