Using Find in Outlook 2003...

[Birmangirl]

....Since upgrading to Outlook 2003, I have noticed that when I use "Find" on
an email folder, it is searching the oldest items first, whereas the previous
version searched the newest items first.

Since I'm usually looking for something a month or two ago, rather than two
or three years ago, the previous version was far quicker. Is it possible to
configure Outlook 2003 to search the newest first?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

No, IIRC it only searches newest items first when connected to Exchange
without Cached Exchange Mode. Either way you are probably better of
searching for items with a search add-in. Microsoft offers 2 add-ins that
can do this for free; Lookout and the MSN Desktop Search. These are way
faster than the native Outlook search.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
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....Since upgrading to Outlook 2003, I have noticed that when I use "Find" on
an email folder, it is searching the oldest items first, whereas the
previous
version searched the newest items first.

Since I'm usually looking for something a month or two ago, rather than two
or three years ago, the previous version was far quicker. Is it possible to
configure Outlook 2003 to search the newest first?