We received an email about using the Instant Search feature in Outlook. Instant Search is a great way to effectively go through and find specific email, attachments, contacts or notes in Outlook. Never again scroll through months of email looking for that lost message with the one thing you need. Instead use Instant Search to search by sender, for a specific attachment, or even for a particular word in the subject or the body of an email.
Windows Vista users will already have this feature installed.
Most of us at McCombs are using Windows XP. XP prompts you to install Instant Search; you may have installed it or you may have checked Do not show this message again and forgot all about it.
If you have never installed Instant Search there will be a prompt below your search box in Outlook where you can enable it. When you “Click here to enable Instant Search” you will need to follow the steps to download Windows Desktop Search 3.01, and then once downloaded, click through the Install Wizard.
For more info on running effective searches in Outlook, follow this link to the Microsoft Office Site:
Narrow Your Search Criteria
Happy hunting!
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1 Bob // Jul 22, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Hi, thank you for this article. I just wanted to tell, that Outlook-search slows my computer down and often does not find what I searched (after searching manually I found what I searched).
I would change to an ecternal Outlook Search Tool. Can you give me an advise?
2 Klaus // Jul 25, 2009 at 8:24 am
Hey I know one really fantastic one: LOOKEEN
The search is so fast it is unbelievable, beside this you can also search within attachments, it works with exchange server, is very easy to work with and it is also a desktop search!
If you are interessted check it out:
http://www.lookeen.net
3 Holly Green // Jul 27, 2009 at 9:20 am
Thanks, Klaus!
4 Rich // Oct 14, 2009 at 6:58 am
I have used Google Desktop Search for years and now with Outlook 2007 on XP.
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