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[Fat Doris]

Using Windows Vista and Office 97 - I am having difficulty finding my way
around the search facility in Vista and don't find Help very helpful in this
context. Where can I find out how to:
a) search for a file created or modified between two dates (I can only find
"before [date] or after [date]);
b) search for a word in the text only, not in the title - and vice versa;
c) search for a string of text.

XP had a very simple, comprehensive dialogue box which included all the
above, and more. Where is it's equivalent in Vista? The Advanced Search box
is no help.

Thank you.

 

[John Hanley]

You can get some good information about the Vista search function at these
web sites:

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/pages/advanced-search-techniques.aspx

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...0/searching-part-ii-using-search-folders.aspx

 

[Hank Arnold (MVP)]

John,

Some really good info there. However, the blog postings only reinforce
the original complaint (which I agree with). The Vista search function
is way too complicated. If typing in "Start search" doesn't work, or
you want a more restricted search, it's way harder to do it with Vista
than XP (or earlier)....

--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

You can get some good information about the Vista search function at
these web sites:

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/pages/advanced-search-techniques.aspx


http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...0/searching-part-ii-using-search-folders.aspx

Using Windows Vista and Office 97 - I am having difficulty finding my way
around the search facility in Vista and don't find Help very helpful
in this
context. Where can I find out how to:
a) search for a file created or modified between two dates (I can only
find
"before [date] or after [date]);
b) search for a word in the text only, not in the title - and vice versa;
c) search for a string of text.

XP had a very simple, comprehensive dialoge box which included all the
above, and more. Where is it's equivalent in Vista? The Advanced
Search box
is no help.

Thank you.

 

[Bob]

date:>2/7/05<2/10/05
Searches for a date in the Date property between the values 2/7/05 and
2/10/05, excluding the end dates

date:>=2/7/05<=2/10/05
Searches for a date in the Date property between the values 2/7/05 and
2/10/05, including the end dates

Using Windows Vista and Office 97 - I am having difficulty finding my
way
around the search facility in Vista and don't find Help very helpful in
this
context. Where can I find out how to:
a) search for a file created or modified between two dates (I can only
find
"before [date] or after [date]);
b) search for a word in the text only, not in the title - and vice
versa;
c) search for a string of text.

XP had a very simple, comprehensive dialoge box which included all the
above, and more. Where is it's equivalent in Vista? The Advanced
Search box
is no help.

Thank you.