Word Search

[woodytfc]

I came back from a week business trip and the nice IT folks replaced my Word
2003 with Word 2007. One of the key features i utilized a lot in Word 2003
when opening a document was the find feature from within the open document
dialogue box. You could search for a file within a directory based on either
file name, part of filename or keyword(s) within a document in a directory. I
cannot for the life of me figure how to do this in Word 2007 I really need to
have this feature. Using the Windows Explorer search is not a viable option
it is too cumbersome. If someone could assist in telling how to locate this
feature, if it is infact available in Word 2007, it would be greatly
appreciated.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Sorry, you're the victim of a reorganization within Microsoft. The
entire file search mechanism was removed from the Office group and
assigned to the Operating System group.

There is no search within Office's open dialogs if you're running
Office 2007 on Windows XP, and you must use Windows Explorer instead.

If you run Office 2007 on Windows Vista or later, there is a search
box in the upper right corner of each dialog, but it's supplied by the
operating system, not by Office itself.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[woodytfc]

Thank you very much for your response.

Sorry, you're the victim of a reorganization within Microsoft. The
entire file search mechanism was removed from the Office group and
assigned to the Operating System group.

There is no search within Office's open dialogs if you're running
Office 2007 on Windows XP, and you must use Windows Explorer instead.

If you run Office 2007 on Windows Vista or later, there is a search
box in the upper right corner of each dialog, but it's supplied by the
operating system, not by Office itself.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.