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Using Windows Vista and Office 97 - I am having difficulty finding my way
around the search facility in Vista and don't find Help very helpful in this
context. Where can I find out how to:
a) search for a file created or modified between two dates (I can only find
"before [date] or after [date]);
b) search for a word in the text only, not in the title - and vice versa;
c) search for a string of text.

XP had a very simple, comprehensive dialogue box which included all the
above, and more. Where is it's equivalent in Vista? The Advanced Search box
is no help.

Thank you.

You can get some good information about the Vista search function at these
web sites:

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/wi...echniques.aspx

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/wi...h-folders.aspx

"Fat Doris" <FatDoris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0AAEE69E-46E7-475C-844D-D08A50FFE9DF@microsoft.com...
> Using Windows Vista and Office 97 - I am having difficulty finding my way
> around the search facility in Vista and don't find Help very helpful in
> this
> context. Where can I find out how to:
> a) search for a file created or modified between two dates (I can only
> find
> "before [date] or after [date]);
> b) search for a word in the text only, not in the title - and vice versa;
> c) search for a string of text.
>
> XP had a very simple, comprehensive dialogue box which included all the
> above, and more. Where is it's equivalent in Vista? The Advanced Search
> box
> is no help.
>
> Thank you.
>

John,

Some really good info there. However, the blog postings only reinforce
the original complaint (which I agree with). The Vista search function
is way too complicated. If typing in "Start search" doesn't work, or
you want a more restricted search, it's way harder to do it with Vista
than XP (or earlier)....

--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

John Hanley wrote:
> You can get some good information about the Vista search function at
> these web sites:
>
> http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/wi...echniques.aspx
>
>
> http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/wi...h-folders.aspx
>
>
> "Fat Doris" <FatDoris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0AAEE69E-46E7-475C-844D-D08A50FFE9DF@microsoft.com...
>> Using Windows Vista and Office 97 - I am having difficulty finding my way
>> around the search facility in Vista and don't find Help very helpful
>> in this
>> context. Where can I find out how to:
>> a) search for a file created or modified between two dates (I can only
>> find
>> "before [date] or after [date]);
>> b) search for a word in the text only, not in the title - and vice versa;
>> c) search for a string of text.
>>
>> XP had a very simple, comprehensive dialoge box which included all the
>> above, and more. Where is it's equivalent in Vista? The Advanced
>> Search box
>> is no help.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>

date:>2/7/05<2/10/05
Searches for a date in the Date property between the values 2/7/05 and
2/10/05, excluding the end dates

date:>=2/7/05<=2/10/05
Searches for a date in the Date property between the values 2/7/05 and
2/10/05, including the end dates




>> "Fat Doris" <FatDoris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0AAEE69E-46E7-475C-844D-D08A50FFE9DF@microsoft.com...
>>> Using Windows Vista and Office 97 - I am having difficulty finding my
>>> way
>>> around the search facility in Vista and don't find Help very helpful in
>>> this
>>> context. Where can I find out how to:
>>> a) search for a file created or modified between two dates (I can only
>>> find
>>> "before [date] or after [date]);
>>> b) search for a word in the text only, not in the title - and vice
>>> versa;
>>> c) search for a string of text.
>>>
>>> XP had a very simple, comprehensive dialoge box which included all the
>>> above, and more. Where is it's equivalent in Vista? The Advanced
>>> Search box
>>> is no help.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>