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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / May 2008searching contacts
i am using 2007. i am trying to use more of the pre-defined fields instead of making entries in the notes section. as an experiment i put the name heather in the assistant field. I tried a search and i cannot find it. i followed the self help guide on MS and re indexed in the control panel. it is still not finding it. am i doing something wrong, do i have a bug, or is it not going to find it? Rather hard to say since you failed to convey your search method. Seems like you might want to start with that.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >i am using 2007. i am trying to use more of the pre-defined fields instead > of making entries in the notes section. as an experiment i put the name [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > is > it not going to find it? From the Today Screen i selected the contact item from the navigation pane. i then entered my term in the search field at the top of the contact list. I even extended the list and reviewed the criteria available to add. the search "all" contact items seem to be a bit misleading because i know there are far more items than the "criteria" list gives you to pick from. is there truly an "all" fields option somewhere? > Rather hard to say since you failed to convey your search method. Seems like > you might want to start with that. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > is > > it not going to find it? If you are using Instant Search, you must assure that Outlook has had a chance to finish indexing your file. Examine your Indexing Status. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > From the Today Screen i selected the contact item from the navigation > pane. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> > is >> > it not going to find it? After rebuilding the re indexing i waited until Outlook told me it was done before i attempted my search. It is still not finding the entry in the assistant field. I have found that through the search field on the task bar it does find it. Odd thing though, even though it is in contacts, it is returning the search result in the category Communications, not contacts. I then added a child's name of testtest in a contacts children field. again the search in the contact folder did not find it but the desktop search did. I am assuming that because the desktop search found it is is not an indexing problem, and that the search withing the contact folder for "all" items is just a misnomer - that it really does not look in all the fields. > If you are using Instant Search, you must assure that Outlook has had a > chance to finish indexing your file. Examine your Indexing Status. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >> > is > >> > it not going to find it? Instant search does not index all fields. Expand the dialog to see which fields you should expect it to fine. For anything else, use Advanced Find. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > After rebuilding the re indexing i waited until Outlook told me it was > done [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] >> >> > is >> >> > it not going to find it? |
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