Searching for words in OneNote

[seaboyd]

Is it possible to search for words within OneNote from a Desktop
Search Engine... i.e. WIndows VIsta Start Search or Google Desktop
search or windows desktop search etc. I know one can search easily
WITIN OneNote but is it possible from an external program?

Thank You

 

[Rainald Taesler]

seaboyd shared these words of wisdom:

Is it possible to search for words within OneNote from a Desktop
Search Engine... i.e. WIndows VIsta Start Search
search or windows desktop search etc.

For sure!
ON 2007 was built upon WDS (WDS 3.x for XP and the built-in Windows
Search of Vista).

or Google Desktop

I do not think so and I would not know how this might be possible.
With WDS 3.x "Google Desktop" is just obsolete.
Should you have it installed, un-install it ASAP.

I know one can search easily
WITIN OneNote but is it possible from an external program?

YES!
(with the correction that WDS 3.x and Vista Widows Search are no
"external" programs).

OneNote's *internal* Search is based on WDS 3.x (Vista's "Windows
Search") and the whole of ON items is *automatically* included in the
WDS indexed locations (even the text parts of images embedded); it's
simply fantastic.

Therefore *everything* contained in ON-notebooks (even text deriving
from images <!>) automatically is included in the index WDS (Vista
Windows Search) works with.

Rainald

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP]

Yes, Vista Search (which is really just Windows Desktop Search) should work
just fine.