Hyphen or Dash in Email search string

[lottaviano]

Using Outlook 2007. At my work we assign project numbers like 12-005 (where 12 is the calendar year, and 005 is a sequential number). In Outlook, I want to find all the emails having to do with project 12-005, but when I enter 12-005 in the search box, I get everything with either "12" or "005". How do I tell Outlook I want only the entire string?

I am *not* using Instant Search or Advanced Find. I am just using the general search box. Would my results be better if I used one of the other techniques?

Thanks for any help,
Liana

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Liana.

Have you tried enclosing the search term in quotes: "12-005"? That doesn't
work everywhere and I don't know if it will work in Outlook, but it does
work in many places.

RC
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Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3538.0513) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1


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Using Outlook 2007. At my work we assign project numbers like 12-005 (where
12 is the calendar year, and 005 is a sequential number). In Outlook, I
want to find all the emails having to do with project 12-005, but when I
enter 12-005 in the search box, I get everything with either "12" or "005".
How do I tell Outlook I want only the entire string?

I am *not* using Instant Search or Advanced Find. I am just using the
general search box. Would my results be better if I used one of the other
techniques?

Thanks for any help,
Liana