Locating an Existing Document in the "OPEN" Dialogue Box

[Susi Carbonneau]

In Office 2000 (used at work) and Office 2003 (used on my home computer), you
can quickly locate an existing document by first displaying all documents
with a certain word in their title. I have just upgraded to Office XP and
seem to have lost this functionality. For example, under the 2000 & 2003
versions, you first bring up the "open" dialogue box. Say you want to open a
document that you know has the word "review" in it. In the file name box, you
type "review." Instantly, every document with the word "review" in it is
displayed. You choose the one you want and open it. I can't get this to
work in Office XP. If I type the word "review," all documents disappear,
including those that have that word as part of the document title. Is there
a setting that I'm overlooking?

 

[Jay Freedman]

In Office 2000 (used at work) and Office 2003 (used on my home
computer), you can quickly locate an existing document by first
displaying all documents with a certain word in their title. I have
just upgraded to Office XP and seem to have lost this functionality.
For example, under the 2000 & 2003 versions, you first bring up the
"open" dialogue box. Say you want to open a document that you know
has the word "review" in it. In the file name box, you type "review."
Instantly, every document with the word "review" in it is displayed.
You choose the one you want and open it. I can't get this to work in
Office XP. If I type the word "review," all documents disappear,
including those that have that word as part of the document title.
Is there a setting that I'm overlooking?

The functionality changed. Now, to find all file names containing a given
text, type an asterisk before and after the text -- in your example,
*review* will do it -- and press Enter. If you want only those with the text
at the beginning of the name, leave out the first asterisk.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Susi Carbonneau]

Wonderful! This is exactly what I needed to know.