Finding Docs

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When I search for a document by clicking the Open icon, is there a way that Word will highlight all of the documents that contain the unique combination of letters that I enter? In an earlier version of Word I could enter any part of the doc’s name, hit the enter key, and all documents that contained that pattern would appear.
 
Hi, Gene,

Very strange... I have Word 97, 2000, XP, and 2003. They all allow you
to enter any part of the filename and hit Enter to list matching files
-- except XP, which insists on having the complete filename up to the
dot.

The only way to work around that is to use the much-reviled Search
function on the Tools menu in the top right corner of the Open dialog.
 
I believe in Word 2002 you can use wildcards: filen*.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Jay Freedman said:
Hi, Gene,

Very strange... I have Word 97, 2000, XP, and 2003. They all allow you
to enter any part of the filename and hit Enter to list matching files
-- except XP, which insists on having the complete filename up to the
dot.

The only way to work around that is to use the much-reviled Search
function on the Tools menu in the top right corner of the Open dialog.
Click to expand...
that Word will highlight all of the documents that contain the unique
combination of letters that I enter? In an earlier version of Word I could
enter any part of the doc's name, hit the enter key, and all documents that
contained that pattern would appear.
 
Hi, Suzanne,

You're correct. In fact, it's more than that: you can use multiple
wildcard characters in the same expression. For example, I have two
files in a large folder, "Homonym instructions.doc" and
"Popup_instructions.doc". In Word 2002, I can isolate them in the Open
dialog by entering *instr* and pressing Enter.

But the other three versions -- both before and after Word 2002 -- can
find the same files without the asterisks. <shrug>
 
Thanks for solution to this problem - this has been driving me mad
since I upgraded to XP
 
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