Opening a file

[R. J. Greene]

If I am not sure of the exact file name to open, Windows
2002 does not seem to help.

In Windows 97 if I had, for example, 5 files with the
word "rick" in them, when I went to File -- Open and
typed the word "Rick", all the document names containing
that word were shown on the documents list.

In Windows 2002, if I do the same thing (i.e. just type
the work "Rick" when I am opening a file) it just fills
in a single document name beginning with the word "Rick"
(but does not, however, show me a list of all documents
containing the word "rick").

I found the old feature in word 97 very, very helpful and
am frustated with the new "improved" word 2002. Can
anyone help?

 

[Cindy Meister -WordMVP-]

Hi R.,

Type Rick*.* then press ENTER

In Windows 97 if I had, for example, 5 files with the
word "rick" in them, when I went to File -- Open and
typed the word "Rick", all the document names containing
that word were shown on the documents list.

In Windows 2002, if I do the same thing (i.e. just type
the work "Rick" when I am opening a file) it just fills
in a single document name beginning with the word "Rick"
(but does not, however, show me a list of all documents
containing the word "rick").

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Jan 24 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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[Patsy]

-----Original Message-----
If I am not sure of the exact file name to open, Windows
2002 does not seem to help.

In Windows 97 if I had, for example, 5 files with the
word "rick" in them, when I went to File -- Open and
typed the word "Rick", all the document names containing
that word were shown on the documents list.

In Windows 2002, if I do the same thing (i.e. just type
the work "Rick" when I am opening a file) it just fills
in a single document name beginning with the word "Rick"
(but does not, however, show me a list of all documents
containing the word "rick").

I found the old feature in word 97 very, very helpful and
am frustated with the new "improved" word 2002. Can
anyone help?
.
I have the same opinion...why can't we have the same

feature with Windows 2000 and above??? Is there any way to
set up this feature in windows 2000?? Thank you! Patsy

 

[Greg Maxey]

Patsy,

Here is the company line on the issue:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314126

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Greg Maxey
A peer in "peer to peer" support
Rockledge, FL