"Page summary" on Keywords or "search" results

[Jay Collin]

One absolutly key feature I was REALLY hoping for geting
in the SP1 was the ability of the "Search" results to
perform as the Noteflags, i.e. create a Page summary.
That would be like having UNLIMITED note flags if we
created our own special keywords. For example, start each
team member first name with a "$" sign when his/her name
is entered as "delegated to". One example of how it could
be used is as the following :: Fill different projects
with different tasks to be performed by different team
members. Then do a search by keyword such as "$John Doe"
across all notes : you get every task delegated to John
Doe. Can be sent to John Doe, brought to meetings with
team members for reviewing projects status, etc

So, here is the question : will Service Pack 1 allow
creating summary pages using the search function???

 

[Erik Sojka]

You can't put the search results on a new page, but the
Page List Task Pane seems like it will give you what you
want: an up to date list of all tasks whose text
contains "$John Doe" and it avoids the duplication that
will arise when copying items into another page.

SP1 gives you more Flags - The Notes Flag Summary can be
exported to create a new page.

I use a different Flag for each of my direct reports and
for others with whom I have regular meetings or share
tasks. Maybe your team is small enough that the 25 tags
available in SP1 will be enough.

 

[Jay]

Thanks for responding Erik.

Tried that but ... if there is two items with the same
keyword in the same page, the page list will show only the
1st one. You then have to "navigate" to the next one by
clicking on the arrow.

The keywords being handled the same way as the note flags
seems to me the way to go ...?

 

[Erik Sojka]

If you look at the Page List Task Pane (click on View List in the yellow
search bar), there is more of the context of the search term. That may
or may not help in finding the exact instance of the task assigned to
$John Doe but usually means less scrolling.