With Word in Office 2000 I could type in a word in the "open" file window,
hit "delete", hit "enter" and all files in that folder with that word would
appear. Word in Office XP Version 2002 won't let me search in this quick,
simple way. Can I change anything to obtain this functionality in Word for
Office XP Version 2002? Many thanks for your help!

See reply to your previous duplicate question. It is not necessary to post a
question more than once.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"wbandrews" wrote in message
...
With Word in Office 2000 I could type in a word in the "open" file window,
hit "delete", hit "enter" and all files in that folder with that word
would
appear. Word in Office XP Version 2002 won't let me search in this quick,
simple way. Can I change anything to obtain this functionality in Word
for
Office XP Version 2002? Many thanks for your help!

I am sorry, but I could not find the reply to my "previous duplicate
question" in either of the e-mails that I sent. Could you possibly send it
again? Thanks.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See reply to your previous duplicate question. It is not necessary to post a
question more than once.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wbandrews" wrote in message
...
With Word in Office 2000 I could type in a word in the "open" file window,
hit "delete", hit "enter" and all files in that folder with that word
would
appear. Word in Office XP Version 2002 won't let me search in this quick,
simple way. Can I change anything to obtain this functionality in Word
for
Office XP Version 2002? Many thanks for your help!

Sorry for the delay in this post; it was inadvertently sent as an email:

Okay, it was not your question but one from Jane, in Clevedon, UK. Jay
Freedman answered her very similar question ("File Open Option" posted about
12 hours and 25 minutes before yours) as follows:

There was a change in that behavior (why? I don't know). To use part of a
file name, type an asterisk before and after the part. For example, to see
only documents whose names contain "word", enter *word* and press Enter or
Tab.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"DontKnow" wrote in message
...
I am sorry, but I could not find the reply to my "previous duplicate
question" in either of the e-mails that I sent. Could you possibly send
it
again? Thanks.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See reply to your previous duplicate question. It is not necessary to
post a
question more than once.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wbandrews" wrote in message
...
With Word in Office 2000 I could type in a word in the "open" file
window,
hit "delete", hit "enter" and all files in that folder with that word
would
appear. Word in Office XP Version 2002 won't let me search in this
quick,
simple way. Can I change anything to obtain this functionality in
Word
for
Office XP Version 2002? Many thanks for your help!

Suzanne,

Many thanks! I will give it a try when I am home this evening. Thanks again.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Sorry for the delay in this post; it was inadvertently sent as an email:

Okay, it was not your question but one from Jane, in Clevedon, UK. Jay
Freedman answered her very similar question ("File Open Option" posted about
12 hours and 25 minutes before yours) as follows:

There was a change in that behavior (why? I don't know). To use part of a
file name, type an asterisk before and after the part. For example, to see
only documents whose names contain "word", enter *word* and press Enter or
Tab.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"DontKnow" wrote in message
...
I am sorry, but I could not find the reply to my "previous duplicate
question" in either of the e-mails that I sent. Could you possibly send
it
again? Thanks.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See reply to your previous duplicate question. It is not necessary to
post a
question more than once.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wbandrews" wrote in message
...
With Word in Office 2000 I could type in a word in the "open" file
window,
hit "delete", hit "enter" and all files in that folder with that word
would
appear. Word in Office XP Version 2002 won't let me search in this
quick,
simple way. Can I change anything to obtain this functionality in
Word
for
Office XP Version 2002? Many thanks for your help!

FWIW, I don't consider this workaround much of a help. But I never used the
feature before, either, so I don't miss it now. I try to keep my folders
small enough (and my File | Open and Save dialogs large enough) to be able
to see all the files in a folder without scrolling. Of course, this means
that I have many levels of subfolders, and that's probably inefficient, too.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"DontKnow" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

Many thanks! I will give it a try when I am home this evening. Thanks
again.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Sorry for the delay in this post; it was inadvertently sent as an email:

Okay, it was not your question but one from Jane, in Clevedon, UK. Jay
Freedman answered her very similar question ("File Open Option" posted
about
12 hours and 25 minutes before yours) as follows:

There was a change in that behavior (why? I don't know). To use part of
a
file name, type an asterisk before and after the part. For example, to
see
only documents whose names contain "word", enter *word* and press Enter
or
Tab.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"DontKnow" wrote in message
...
I am sorry, but I could not find the reply to my "previous duplicate
question" in either of the e-mails that I sent. Could you possibly
send
it
again? Thanks.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See reply to your previous duplicate question. It is not necessary
to
post a
question more than once.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wbandrews" wrote in message
...
With Word in Office 2000 I could type in a word in the "open" file
window,
hit "delete", hit "enter" and all files in that folder with that
word
would
appear. Word in Office XP Version 2002 won't let me search in
this
quick,
simple way. Can I change anything to obtain this functionality in
Word
for
Office XP Version 2002? Many thanks for your help!