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Searching for a word or phase across multiple unopened documents
In Office Word 2007, on a Windows Vista Business platform, how does one go
about searching for a particular word or a phase across multiple unopened Word documents? E.g. Say Im searching for all Word documents created in a folder that contain the phrase €śCondition Inspection Report€ť in the body of the text. I used to be able to do this in Office 2000, but cant figure out how to accomplish the same task in Office 2007. |
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Searching for a word or phase across multiple unopened documents
I'd do the search in Windows Explorer, not within Word.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Wayne" wrote in message ... In Office Word 2007, on a Windows Vista Business platform, how does one go about searching for a particular word or a phase across multiple unopened Word documents? E.g. Say Im searching for all Word documents created in a folder that contain the phrase €śCondition Inspection Report€ť in the body of the text. I used to be able to do this in Office 2000, but cant figure out how to accomplish the same task in Office 2007. |
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Searching for a word or phase across multiple unopened documents
....and if you're using Word 2007 in Vista, you can do this from within any
of the file dialog boxes (using the Search box), since the file dialogs use Windows Explorer as their engine. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... I'd do the search in Windows Explorer, not within Word. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Wayne" wrote in message ... In Office Word 2007, on a Windows Vista Business platform, how does one go about searching for a particular word or a phase across multiple unopened Word documents? E.g. Say Im searching for all Word documents created in a folder that contain the phrase €śCondition Inspection Report€ť in the body of the text. I used to be able to do this in Office 2000, but cant figure out how to accomplish the same task in Office 2007. |
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Searching for a word or phase across multiple unopened documents
Ooh - that's a good thing to know! Thank you Herb. I have so much to learn
about Office 2007. ;-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... ...and if you're using Word 2007 in Vista, you can do this from within any of the file dialog boxes (using the Search box), since the file dialogs use Windows Explorer as their engine. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... I'd do the search in Windows Explorer, not within Word. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Wayne" wrote in message ... In Office Word 2007, on a Windows Vista Business platform, how does one go about searching for a particular word or a phase across multiple unopened Word documents? E.g. Say I'm searching for all Word documents created in a folder that contain the phrase "Condition Inspection Report" in the body of the text. I used to be able to do this in Office 2000, but can't figure out how to accomplish the same task in Office 2007. |
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Searching for a word or phase across multiple unopened documents
Hi JoAnn -
Just so you're not disappointed if you're still running WinXP: Note that Herb specifically indicated *in Vista*:-) Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 12/27/07 8:16 AM, in article , "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Ooh - that's a good thing to know! Thank you Herb. I have so much to learn about Office 2007. ;-) |
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Searching for a word or phase across multiple unopened documents
Nope. The systems we have at home running 2007 are also running Vista. My XP
system still has 2003. ;-) (Thanks for the head up tho. It's always nice when a fellow MVP cares.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "CyberTaz" wrote in message .. . Hi JoAnn - Just so you're not disappointed if you're still running WinXP: Note that Herb specifically indicated *in Vista*:-) Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 12/27/07 8:16 AM, in article , "JoAnn Paules" wrote: Ooh - that's a good thing to know! Thank you Herb. I have so much to learn about Office 2007. ;-) |
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Searching for a word or phase across multiple unopened documents
Install Copernic Desktop Search (free). Gazillion times faster than
Explorer, and you can limit your search to a specific type of document (DOC, PDF, JPG, WP, etc.). To search for a phrase, put it in quotations. "Wayne" wrote: In Office Word 2007, on a Windows Vista Business platform, how does one go about searching for a particular word or a phase across multiple unopened Word documents? E.g. Say Im searching for all Word documents created in a folder that contain the phrase €śCondition Inspection Report€ť in the body of the text. I used to be able to do this in Office 2000, but cant figure out how to accomplish the same task in Office 2007. |
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Searching for a word or phase across multiple unopened documents
If you have allowed the Windows Vista indexing to complete, there is no need
for a third party desktop search. I moved 80 GB of files to my Windows Vista computer. It took almost a week to complete the indexing. Now as I type something that I am searching for, I can't type fast enough. "degas1900" wrote in message ... Install Copernic Desktop Search (free). Gazillion times faster than Explorer, and you can limit your search to a specific type of document (DOC, PDF, JPG, WP, etc.). To search for a phrase, put it in quotations. "Wayne" wrote: In Office Word 2007, on a Windows Vista Business platform, how does one go about searching for a particular word or a phase across multiple unopened Word documents? E.g. Say Im searching for all Word documents created in a folder that contain the phrase €śCondition Inspection Report€ť in the body of the text. I used to be able to do this in Office 2000, but cant figure out how to accomplish the same task in Office 2007. |
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Searching for a word or phase across multiple unopened documents
A week! I thought 48 hours was long enough when I copied over my music
folder. But as you say, once indexed, it is blisteringly fast to find a track: and so simple too. Just press Start and type the first few characters of the track name and there it is. Terry Farrell "Charles W Davis" wrote in message ... If you have allowed the Windows Vista indexing to complete, there is no need for a third party desktop search. I moved 80 GB of files to my Windows Vista computer. It took almost a week to complete the indexing. Now as I type something that I am searching for, I can't type fast enough. "degas1900" wrote in message ... Install Copernic Desktop Search (free). Gazillion times faster than Explorer, and you can limit your search to a specific type of document (DOC, PDF, JPG, WP, etc.). To search for a phrase, put it in quotations. "Wayne" wrote: In Office Word 2007, on a Windows Vista Business platform, how does one go about searching for a particular word or a phase across multiple unopened Word documents? E.g. Say Im searching for all Word documents created in a folder that contain the phrase €śCondition Inspection Report€ť in the body of the text. I used to be able to do this in Office 2000, but cant figure out how to accomplish the same task in Office 2007. |
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