Integrate desktop search into office apps

[AIM48]

I was looking for a phrase some where on my hard drive - so naturally I used
MSN Desktop Search - and I found the file that contains the phrase. A word
document with > 5000 words.

So these are the steps that I had to go thru to find the phrase I wanted.
1. Type the search phrase into the msn bar at the bottom of the screen
2. Wait for the result window to open
3. Find the right file from all of the returned files
4. Double click the file to open it.
5. hit ctrl f in Microsoft word
6. Retype the search phrase into Microsoft word
7. Click Find to find the item.

7 Steps to find something from the command line. What if we could smoothen
things out so that we could stop the process at 4.

So the process is now only :
1. Type the search phrase into the msn bar at the bottom of the screen
2. Wait for the result window to open
3. Find the right file from all of the returned files
4. Double click the file to open it.

at this point Word would open and immediately search for the search phase
and highlight it.

How do I suggest this happening? Like thus.
Applications can define commands to run against their associated document
types so for example if you right click on a word document you would have
Open,Edit,New,Print etc...

My suggestion - apps would define another command type called "Search". When
a user clicks on a document in the windows desktop search window then search
will open the app passing the command line defined in the registry key and
the name of the document and the search term.

When the app (any app - I was using word as an example) - received the
search command it will load the specified file and immediately do a search
for the appropriate phrase.

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http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...-f95a0482c024&dg=microsoft.public.office.misc

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Just curious - Why aren't you using Windows built in search function?

 

[AIM48]

Windows built in search is much slower and does not have the nice preview
pane etc...

Would the built in search facilities do what I wanted (highlight the search
phrase in word)?

Just curious - Why aren't you using Windows built in search function?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I was looking for a phrase some where on my hard drive - so naturally I
used
MSN Desktop Search - and I found the file that contains the phrase. A word
document with > 5000 words.

So these are the steps that I had to go thru to find the phrase I wanted.
1. Type the search phrase into the msn bar at the bottom of the screen
2. Wait for the result window to open
3. Find the right file from all of the returned files
4. Double click the file to open it.
5. hit ctrl f in Microsoft word
6. Retype the search phrase into Microsoft word
7. Click Find to find the item.

7 Steps to find something from the command line. What if we could smoothen
things out so that we could stop the process at 4.

So the process is now only :
1. Type the search phrase into the msn bar at the bottom of the screen
2. Wait for the result window to open
3. Find the right file from all of the returned files
4. Double click the file to open it.

at this point Word would open and immediately search for the search phase
and highlight it.

How do I suggest this happening? Like thus.
Applications can define commands to run against their associated document
types so for example if you right click on a word document you would have
Open,Edit,New,Print etc...

My suggestion - apps would define another command type called "Search".
When
a user clicks on a document in the windows desktop search window then
search
will open the app passing the command line defined in the registry key and
the name of the document and the search term.

When the app (any app - I was using word as an example) - received the
search command it will load the specified file and immediately do a search
for the appropriate phrase.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...-f95a0482c024&dg=microsoft.public.office.misc

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Don't think so

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Windows built in search is much slower and does not have the nice preview
pane etc...

Would the built in search facilities do what I wanted (highlight the
search
phrase in word)?

Just curious - Why aren't you using Windows built in search function?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I was looking for a phrase some where on my hard drive - so naturally I
used
MSN Desktop Search - and I found the file that contains the phrase. A
word
document with > 5000 words.

So these are the steps that I had to go thru to find the phrase I
wanted.
1. Type the search phrase into the msn bar at the bottom of the screen
2. Wait for the result window to open
3. Find the right file from all of the returned files
4. Double click the file to open it.
5. hit ctrl f in Microsoft word
6. Retype the search phrase into Microsoft word
7. Click Find to find the item.

7 Steps to find something from the command line. What if we could
smoothen
things out so that we could stop the process at 4.

So the process is now only :
1. Type the search phrase into the msn bar at the bottom of the screen
2. Wait for the result window to open
3. Find the right file from all of the returned files
4. Double click the file to open it.

at this point Word would open and immediately search for the search
phase
and highlight it.

How do I suggest this happening? Like thus.
Applications can define commands to run against their associated
document
types so for example if you right click on a word document you would
have
Open,Edit,New,Print etc...

My suggestion - apps would define another command type called "Search".
When
a user clicks on a document in the windows desktop search window then
search
will open the app passing the command line defined in the registry key
and
the name of the document and the search term.

When the app (any app - I was using word as an example) - received the
search command it will load the specified file and immediately do a
search
for the appropriate phrase.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...-f95a0482c024&dg=microsoft.public.office.misc