Searching for a string in the "containing text" box I got "Search is compete.
There are no results to display" while I know I stored excel files which are
containing the text I am looking for. This problem doesnot apply for all
stored excel files ! Who can help me with this problem ? Kind regards, Ed

Are you using the Search under File|Open?

I've always had better luck with the Windows search (windows start
button|search).

ECouwenberg wrote:

Searching for a string in the "containing text" box I got "Search is compete.
There are no results to display" while I know I stored excel files which are
containing the text I am looking for. This problem doesnot apply for all
stored excel files ! Who can help me with this problem ? Kind regards, Ed

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Dave Peterson

Thanks Dave,

I am using the Windows search as well !
Seems this search system is not 100% reliable, I checked with my collegues,
they tested and they have the same problem.

Brgds Ed

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Are you using the Search under File|Open?

I've always had better luck with the Windows search (windows start
button|search).

ECouwenberg wrote:

Searching for a string in the "containing text" box I got "Search is compete.
There are no results to display" while I know I stored excel files which are
containing the text I am looking for. This problem doesnot apply for all
stored excel files ! Who can help me with this problem ? Kind regards, Ed

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Dave Peterson

I've had better luck looking for strings (not numbers).

Maybe it's time to try Google Desktop (or MSN desktop or ...).



ECouwenberg wrote:

Thanks Dave,

I am using the Windows search as well !
Seems this search system is not 100% reliable, I checked with my collegues,
they tested and they have the same problem.

Brgds Ed

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Are you using the Search under File|Open?

I've always had better luck with the Windows search (windows start
button|search).

ECouwenberg wrote:

Searching for a string in the "containing text" box I got "Search is compete.
There are no results to display" while I know I stored excel files which are
containing the text I am looking for. This problem doesnot apply for all
stored excel files ! Who can help me with this problem ? Kind regards, Ed

--

Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson

I am using "control F" which is similar to Windows search. I am only looking
for text strings in documents which I stored on our local LAN.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I've had better luck looking for strings (not numbers).

Maybe it's time to try Google Desktop (or MSN desktop or ...).



ECouwenberg wrote:

Thanks Dave,

I am using the Windows search as well !
Seems this search system is not 100% reliable, I checked with my collegues,
they tested and they have the same problem.

Brgds Ed

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Are you using the Search under File|Open?

I've always had better luck with the Windows search (windows start
button|search).

ECouwenberg wrote:

Searching for a string in the "containing text" box I got "Search is compete.
There are no results to display" while I know I stored excel files which are
containing the text I am looking for. This problem doesnot apply for all
stored excel files ! Who can help me with this problem ? Kind regards, Ed

--

Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson

Flying Windows-F?

I don't recall if you can point those indexers to UNC drives or even mapped
drives. You may want to look into them.

ECouwenberg wrote:

I am using "control F" which is similar to Windows search. I am only looking
for text strings in documents which I stored on our local LAN.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I've had better luck looking for strings (not numbers).

Maybe it's time to try Google Desktop (or MSN desktop or ...).



ECouwenberg wrote:

Thanks Dave,

I am using the Windows search as well !
Seems this search system is not 100% reliable, I checked with my collegues,
they tested and they have the same problem.

Brgds Ed

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Are you using the Search under File|Open?

I've always had better luck with the Windows search (windows start
button|search).

ECouwenberg wrote:

Searching for a string in the "containing text" box I got "Search is compete.
There are no results to display" while I know I stored excel files which are
containing the text I am looking for. This problem doesnot apply for all
stored excel files ! Who can help me with this problem ? Kind regards, Ed

--

Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson