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I am a transcriptionist. I keep daily files with many dictations and need to
refer to patients in old files. In Word 2000 all I had to do was File/Open/Find/contents/includes phrase/Doe, John and it would list all files within that open box with John Doe's dictation. I cannot find anybody with the Word 2003 search box (basic or advanced). I have tried contents/include/Doe, John. I have tried text or properties/include/Doe, John. The windows search box is too cumbersome and timely, but now I'm back to using it. I really need this feature on Word, but it is truly of no use to me at this time. I have set it up to look at the folder I need. I didn't need to do this before because it worked on the open box you were searching in. The new box for the search is very broad, but doesn't work for me or maybe it just doesn't work. |
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In the top right hand corner of the File Open dialog is a button - "Tools"
click that and you'll find the search button. You can choose where to search by checking the folders and sub folders as required and what type of files to search. It appears to remember your preferences between sessions (though I am not sure about a reboot). If this search is not working for you the probability is that the folder(s) that contain(s) your documents are not checked. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org transcriptionist wrote: I am a transcriptionist. I keep daily files with many dictations and need to refer to patients in old files. In Word 2000 all I had to do was File/Open/Find/contents/includes phrase/Doe, John and it would list all files within that open box with John Doe's dictation. I cannot find anybody with the Word 2003 search box (basic or advanced). I have tried contents/include/Doe, John. I have tried text or properties/include/Doe, John. The windows search box is too cumbersome and timely, but now I'm back to using it. I really need this feature on Word, but it is truly of no use to me at this time. I have set it up to look at the folder I need. I didn't need to do this before because it worked on the open box you were searching in. The new box for the search is very broad, but doesn't work for me or maybe it just doesn't work. |
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