if you are referring to using the Windows Desktop Search and if your boss is
encountering the same issue then more than likely you are using a corporate
version of Windows Desktop Search that is controlled by your administrators.
They need to make sure the new file formats are added to the indexing
service.
In the interim, if you're using Windows XP you'll need to use the Search
Companion which searched everything, not just those files that are in the
index. You can find it at the bottom of the left pane in Windows Desktop
Search. If you are using Windows Vista then you'll need to use the Advanced
Search options and specify you want to include files that are not in the
index. I'm not currently using Vista right now so I'm unable to provide
specific instructions but there should be a link below the Search Box for
the Advanced Search options.
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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP?
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs
Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx
"CJ" wrote in message
...
Hi Graham,
I mean that when I go to Start-Search-files or folders-Documents and type
in
the name of the docx document, it searches like normal but it does not
find
the document if it has a docx extension....I thought it was something odd
to
my machine until my boss told me yesterday that she is having the same
problem with docx documents. That's when I decided I would see if anyone
else
is experiencing this problem.
--
CJ
"CJ" wrote:
I have just upgraded to a new PC but kept XP as my operating system.
Whenever
I receive or create Word documents with the docx extension and later
search
for them, my system cannot find "see" them so I am having to convert all
Word
documents to the Word 97-2003 format so I can find them again. My boss is
also having the same problem with docx documents. Has anyone else had
this
problem and is there a fix? Thank you
--
CJ