Seaching with no results

[Guest]

I am searching a small folder with 64 files for those with a specific a text
value, and am unable to get search results using Windows 2000 and Excel 2003
files. Why?

 

[Guest]

Not really an Excel question. Windows' search functionality is very limited.
I don't believe that it can search for text within documents, just file
names, etc. Either upgrade to Vista, get a Mac, or download Google desktop
and allow it to index your hard drive.

Dave

 

[Guest]

The Window search was working great as described before I had to upgrade to
Office 2003. Unfortunately, we now have many users with the work practice,
and they are struggling to find an answer.

 

[Niek Otten]

< I don't believe that it can search for text within documents>

It can. Still I think it's good advice to try Google desktop, because it seems to be much faster (I still use Windows search, but
I'm known to be lazy...)

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel


| Not really an Excel question. Windows' search functionality is very limited.
| I don't believe that it can search for text within documents, just file
| names, etc. Either upgrade to Vista, get a Mac, or download Google desktop
| and allow it to index your hard drive.
|
| Dave
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| A hint to posters: Specific, detailed questions are more likely to be
| answered than questions that provide no detail about your problem.
|
|
| "Jean" wrote:
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| > I am searching a small folder with 64 files for those with a specific a text
| > value, and am unable to get search results using Windows 2000 and Excel 2003
| > files. Why?
| >
| > --
| > Jean