How do I Search .pub file contents in Vista?

[R. C. White]

How do I get Microsoft Publisher's .pub file contents to be included in
Vista's Search index?

The only time I've used Publisher was for the 3 years (7/1/2002-2005) when I
was editor of "The Spokesman", my local Rotary Club's weekly newsletter. I
have nearly 150 .pub files, each about 450 KB, all in my folder
E:\Rotary\The Spokesman.

When I click the Vista orb and type a Rotarian's name into the Search box, I
get a list of "hits" in Picture files and in emails, but .pub files are
never listed, even when I know that name is in many of them. How do I get
Vista's Search to find the name in those .pub files?

I've used Indexing Options, of course, and made sure that my data folder is
included. Also, under Advanced | File Types, I've set the .pub extension to
"Index Properties and File Contents"; the listing shows "Plain Text Filter"
in the Filter Description column.

What am I doing wrong - or not doing?

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[John Inzer]

How do I get Microsoft Publisher's .pub file contents to be included
in Vista's Search index?

The only time I've used Publisher was for the 3 years (7/1/2002-2005)
when I was editor of "The Spokesman", my local Rotary Club's weekly
newsletter. I have nearly 150 .pub files, each about 450 KB, all in
my folder E:\Rotary\The Spokesman.

When I click the Vista orb and type a Rotarian's name into the Search
box, I get a list of "hits" in Picture files and in emails, but .pub
files are never listed, even when I know that name is in many of
them. How do I get Vista's Search to find the name in those .pub
files?
I've used Indexing Options, of course, and made sure that my data
folder is included. Also, under Advanced | File Types, I've set the
.pub extension to "Index Properties and File Contents"; the listing
shows "Plain Text Filter" in the Filter Description column.

What am I doing wrong - or not doing?

RC

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Vista is not compatible with .pub files
and can only search for the file name.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Mary Sauer]

That's not true, John, I can search for .pub files and they all come up.

 

[Ed Bennett]

That's not true, John, I can search for .pub files and they all come up.

Yes, but Vista cannot index the contents of them, so searching for a
keyword that would only appear in the text of the publication would not
find them. Only a filename search. At least, that was the state of play
last time I checked.

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, John.

Thanks for your reply - even though I don't like it much. :>(

Is this based on your own experience, or have you seen an official statement
to this effect somewhere?

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Ed.

Thanks for that information, even though I don't like it much.

This is not a critical issue for me. As I indicated, I'm no longer the
editor so I don't use Publisher now. And I can do a non-indexed search on
those few occasions when I really need to find something. But I'm very
curious as to why MS left this glaring omission in Search's abilities.

Maybe Mary can clarify how she handles the search.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Mary.

Thanks for the encouraging word. ;<)

Of course, that naturally brings up the next question: How?

As I told Ed, it's not a critical issue for me, but I would like to know how
to do it if it can be done.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[John Inzer]

Hi, John.

Thanks for your reply - even though I don't like it much. :>(

Is this based on your own experience, or have you seen an official
statement to this effect somewhere?

RC

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My own experience.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[John Inzer]

That's not true, John, I can search for .pub files and they all come
up.

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That's new to me Mary...I can successfully search
for the file names but have no success searching
for words inside the files. How do you make it work?

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[John Inzer]

You may have some success searching
within the files if you convert them to .pdf.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
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[Charles W Davis]

John,

What you suggested is true. I have approximately 20 .pub newsletters that
have also been converted to .pdf. The Vista search in Indexed Locations only
came up with the .pdf versions. (Vista Ultimate)

 

[John Inzer]

John,

What you suggested is true. I have approximately 20 .pub newsletters
that have also been converted to .pdf. The Vista search in Indexed
Locations only came up with the .pdf versions. (Vista Ultimate)

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Thanks for sharing your experience...
I had the same results.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/695

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, John.

Thanks. Based on the comments from you and Charles, I'll think about
converting them to .pdf if I really need to search.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)