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Is there any kind of "advanced search" option? What I want to do is search
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The search facility in Windows Explorer can do that.
-- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "SP" wrote in message ... Is there any kind of "advanced search" option? What I want to do is search for a document when I know a key phrase inside the document but can't recall the document name. |
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Thanks for answering but I don't understand --- please provide more detailed
instructions. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: The search facility in Windows Explorer can do that. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "SP" wrote in message ... Is there any kind of "advanced search" option? What I want to do is search for a document when I know a key phrase inside the document but can't recall the document name. |
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By "Windows Explorer," Doug means Start "My Computer" (in Windows
XP) or "Computer" (in Vista). (When you burrow more deeply into Windows, it's still called Explorer.) If you're running Vista, there's a "Search" box on almost any panel you open by (double-)clicking on a folder. On Oct 13, 3:34*pm, SP wrote: Thanks for answering but I don't understand --- please provide more detailed instructions. * "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: The search facility in Windows Explorer can do that. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "SP" wrote in message ... Is there any kind of "advanced search" option? *What I want to do is search for a document when I know a key phrase inside the document but can't recall the document name.- |
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On Oct 13, 7:45*pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
By "Windows Explorer," Doug means Start "My Computer" (in Windows XP) or "Computer" (in Vista). (When you burrow more deeply into Windows, it's still called Explorer.) If you're running Vista, there's a "Search" box on almost any panel you open by (double-)clicking on a folder. On Oct 13, 3:34*pm, SP wrote: Thanks for answering but I don't understand --- please provide more detailed instructions. * "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: The search facility in Windows Explorer can do that. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "SP" wrote in message ... Is there any kind of "advanced search" option? *What I want to do is search for a document when I know a key phrase inside the document but can't recall the document name.-- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Peter, Weren't you spanked just a few weeks ago for posting here your opinion of what other people "mean" when they post? It seems that you would respect the fact that these people are considerably more experienced and familiar with computers in general and Word in particular than you are! I still use Windows Explorer exlusively. I imagine a lot of other people do to. I like the layout and feel of it better than My Comptuter. When I use the term in a post it is what I mean. I don't mean "My Computer" and I don't use Vista. In the future and in your ongoing but faltering quest to bridle your arrogance you might consider something like: "Windows Explorer" is a windows application that you can use to work with and manage files and folders on your computer. You can access it in WindowsXP by clicking StartAll ProgramAccessorriesWIndows Explorer. You can easily pin it to your Start menu. Alternatively you can use "My Computer" with Windows XP or "Computer" with Vista. This way you have provided helpful information without pretending know more than another person. Cheers. |
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I'm not sure I understand this. I was not aware that Windows Explorer was
listed as an Accessory, though I suppose that makes sense. When I use it, however, it expands My Documents (and that is the heading in the title bar), which is rarely what I want when I open what I call Windows Explorer, using Winkey+E. To be sure, that app has My Computer on the title bar, and it shows me what I want to see, which is the various drives that I might want to access. If you use the Windows Explorer path you mention to open My Documents, then it is that much more difficult to find system files, while are buried inside My Computer (on C A third way to access an Explorer window is to right-click on the Start button and choose Explore. This opens a window with the title bar C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu, which is an intriguing place to start but not, to me, as useful as My Computer, so I will continue to use Winkey+E. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Greg Maxey" wrote in message ... On Oct 13, 7:45 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: By "Windows Explorer," Doug means Start "My Computer" (in Windows XP) or "Computer" (in Vista). (When you burrow more deeply into Windows, it's still called Explorer.) If you're running Vista, there's a "Search" box on almost any panel you open by (double-)clicking on a folder. On Oct 13, 3:34 pm, SP wrote: Thanks for answering but I don't understand --- please provide more detailed instructions. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: The search facility in Windows Explorer can do that. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "SP" wrote in message ... Is there any kind of "advanced search" option? What I want to do is search for a document when I know a key phrase inside the document but can't recall the document name.-- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Peter, Weren't you spanked just a few weeks ago for posting here your opinion of what other people "mean" when they post? It seems that you would respect the fact that these people are considerably more experienced and familiar with computers in general and Word in particular than you are! I still use Windows Explorer exlusively. I imagine a lot of other people do to. I like the layout and feel of it better than My Comptuter. When I use the term in a post it is what I mean. I don't mean "My Computer" and I don't use Vista. In the future and in your ongoing but faltering quest to bridle your arrogance you might consider something like: "Windows Explorer" is a windows application that you can use to work with and manage files and folders on your computer. You can access it in WindowsXP by clicking StartAll ProgramAccessorriesWIndows Explorer. You can easily pin it to your Start menu. Alternatively you can use "My Computer" with Windows XP or "Computer" with Vista. This way you have provided helpful information without pretending know more than another person. Cheers. |
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And you were making such progress. (Greg initiated a perfectly civil
email conversation about a macro for reversing stretches of text.) Do you have some concise way of explaining to a newbie that when an experienced "old hand" refers to "Explorer," the way the newbie can access the functions of interest is by going to "(My) Computer," while at the same time reminding "old hands" that the newbie will not see a choice "Explorer" or "Windows Explorer" anywhere on their desktop? Would you be happier if I said "'Explorer' means '(My) Computer'" (even though that's far from true)? If _you_ want to use "Windows Explorer" in your work, that's just fine. But you _must_ remember that _most of the peoplle asking questions here have no idea what "Windows Explorer' is or how to find it_. If you thell someone to use "Explorer," you have to explain to them how to do so -- or you have forced them to waste more time coming back here, like SP, to ask what you meant. I see from your "sample paragraph" below that accessing "Explorer" is _considerably_ more compicated than accessing "(My) Computer," and thus _dis_preferred for a beginner. So yes, if Greg Maxey tells someone to use "Explorer" for something without explanation, I _will_ jump in and say that Greg meant "(My) Computer." On Oct 13, 10:43*pm, Greg Maxey wrote: On Oct 13, 7:45*pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: By "Windows Explorer," Doug means Start "My Computer" (in Windows XP) or "Computer" (in Vista). (When you burrow more deeply into Windows, it's still called Explorer.) If you're running Vista, there's a "Search" box on almost any panel you open by (double-)clicking on a folder. On Oct 13, 3:34*pm, SP wrote: Thanks for answering but I don't understand --- please provide more detailed instructions. * "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: The search facility in Windows Explorer can do that. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "SP" wrote in message ... Is there any kind of "advanced search" option? *What I want to do is search for a document when I know a key phrase inside the document but can't recall the document name.-- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Peter, Weren't you spanked just a few weeks ago for posting here your opinion of what other people "mean" when they post? *It seems that you would respect the fact that these people are considerably more experienced and familiar with computers in general and Word in particular than you are! I still use Windows Explorer exlusively. *I imagine a lot of other people do to. *I like the layout and feel of it better than My Comptuter. *When I use the term in a post it is what I mean. *I don't mean "My Computer" and I don't use Vista. In the future and in your ongoing but faltering quest to bridle your arrogance you might consider something like: "Windows Explorer" *is a windows application that you can use to work with and manage files and folders on your computer. *You can access it in WindowsXP by clicking StartAll ProgramAccessorriesWIndows Explorer. *You can easily pin it to your Start menu. *Alternatively you can use "My Computer" with Windows XP or "Computer" with Vista. This way you have provided helpful information without pretending know more than another person. Cheers.- |
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Peter,
While I am admittingly not as learned as you are with languages, spelling, punctuation or grammar, I do know what I mean and I mean what I say. When I say "Windows Explorer" it is what I mean and I offered you a perfectly polite method of offering your preferred alternative. The choice is simple. Change your behavior and be polite or remain being rude and arrogant. Cheers. Peter T. Daniels wrote: And you were making such progress. (Greg initiated a perfectly civil email conversation about a macro for reversing stretches of text.) Do you have some concise way of explaining to a newbie that when an experienced "old hand" refers to "Explorer," the way the newbie can access the functions of interest is by going to "(My) Computer," while at the same time reminding "old hands" that the newbie will not see a choice "Explorer" or "Windows Explorer" anywhere on their desktop? Would you be happier if I said "'Explorer' means '(My) Computer'" (even though that's far from true)? If _you_ want to use "Windows Explorer" in your work, that's just fine. But you _must_ remember that _most of the peoplle asking questions here have no idea what "Windows Explorer' is or how to find it_. If you thell someone to use "Explorer," you have to explain to them how to do so -- or you have forced them to waste more time coming back here, like SP, to ask what you meant. I see from your "sample paragraph" below that accessing "Explorer" is _considerably_ more compicated than accessing "(My) Computer," and thus _dis_preferred for a beginner. So yes, if Greg Maxey tells someone to use "Explorer" for something without explanation, I _will_ jump in and say that Greg meant "(My) Computer." On Oct 13, 10:43 pm, Greg Maxey wrote: On Oct 13, 7:45 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: By "Windows Explorer," Doug means Start "My Computer" (in Windows XP) or "Computer" (in Vista). (When you burrow more deeply into Windows, it's still called Explorer.) If you're running Vista, there's a "Search" box on almost any panel you open by (double-)clicking on a folder. On Oct 13, 3:34 pm, SP wrote: Thanks for answering but I don't understand --- please provide more detailed instructions. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: The search facility in Windows Explorer can do that. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "SP" wrote in message ... Is there any kind of "advanced search" option? What I want to do is search for a document when I know a key phrase inside the document but can't recall the document name.-- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Peter, Weren't you spanked just a few weeks ago for posting here your opinion of what other people "mean" when they post? It seems that you would respect the fact that these people are considerably more experienced and familiar with computers in general and Word in particular than you are! I still use Windows Explorer exlusively. I imagine a lot of other people do to. I like the layout and feel of it better than My Comptuter. When I use the term in a post it is what I mean. I don't mean "My Computer" and I don't use Vista. In the future and in your ongoing but faltering quest to bridle your arrogance you might consider something like: "Windows Explorer" is a windows application that you can use to work with and manage files and folders on your computer. You can access it in WindowsXP by clicking StartAll ProgramAccessorriesWIndows Explorer. You can easily pin it to your Start menu. Alternatively you can use "My Computer" with Windows XP or "Computer" with Vista. This way you have provided helpful information without pretending know more than another person. Cheers.- -- Greg Maxey See my web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org for an eclectic collection of Word Tips. "It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly...who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory nor defeat." - TR |
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Ms Barnhill,
"Windows Explorer" is on the StartAll ProgramsAccessories tree. I have used if for years and I use it all of the time. So much so that I have pinned it to the Start Menu. Unlike some people, I don't like a cluttered desktop. We all can't be like Peter T. Daniels. If "My Computer" was ever on it then I deleted it ages ago. Yes, there is a "My Computer" on the Start Menu as well. I don't use it, because I don't like the layout and I have never had the interest or taken the time to see if I could make the layout suit my needs. Windows Explorer suits my needs and that is what I use. You are correct. Starting Windows Explorer with StartAll ProgarmsAccessorries opens the Explorer with My Documents. That is what I usully want. Using the WinKey+E opens almost an identical view except "My Computer" is expanded. With a little manipulation I can make the "StartMy Comptuter" view that Mr. Daniels insists is the only acceptable approach look almost exactly like the view I get with "Windows Explorer." I just haven't found a way to make the settings stick. Who knows (I don't) all three of them may be the very same application with a different command line setup that determines how they initially appear. The bottom line as far as I am concerned is that Mr. Daniels should find another way to interject his opinions, advice and suggestions and stop telling other people what another person means. Considering that he can never admit that he is wrong I suppose we will all have to endure his arrogance. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I'm not sure I understand this. I was not aware that Windows Explorer was listed as an Accessory, though I suppose that makes sense. When I use it, however, it expands My Documents (and that is the heading in the title bar), which is rarely what I want when I open what I call Windows Explorer, using Winkey+E. To be sure, that app has My Computer on the title bar, and it shows me what I want to see, which is the various drives that I might want to access. If you use the Windows Explorer path you mention to open My Documents, then it is that much more difficult to find system files, while are buried inside My Computer (on C A third way to access an Explorer window is to right-click on the Start button and choose Explore. This opens a window with the title bar C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu, which is an intriguing place to start but not, to me, as useful as My Computer, so I will continue to use Winkey+E. "Greg Maxey" wrote in message ... On Oct 13, 7:45 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: By "Windows Explorer," Doug means Start "My Computer" (in Windows XP) or "Computer" (in Vista). (When you burrow more deeply into Windows, it's still called Explorer.) If you're running Vista, there's a "Search" box on almost any panel you open by (double-)clicking on a folder. On Oct 13, 3:34 pm, SP wrote: Thanks for answering but I don't understand --- please provide more detailed instructions. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: The search facility in Windows Explorer can do that. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "SP" wrote in message ... Is there any kind of "advanced search" option? What I want to do is search for a document when I know a key phrase inside the document but can't recall the document name.-- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Peter, Weren't you spanked just a few weeks ago for posting here your opinion of what other people "mean" when they post? It seems that you would respect the fact that these people are considerably more experienced and familiar with computers in general and Word in particular than you are! I still use Windows Explorer exlusively. I imagine a lot of other people do to. I like the layout and feel of it better than My Comptuter. When I use the term in a post it is what I mean. I don't mean "My Computer" and I don't use Vista. In the future and in your ongoing but faltering quest to bridle your arrogance you might consider something like: "Windows Explorer" is a windows application that you can use to work with and manage files and folders on your computer. You can access it in WindowsXP by clicking StartAll ProgramAccessorriesWIndows Explorer. You can easily pin it to your Start menu. Alternatively you can use "My Computer" with Windows XP or "Computer" with Vista. This way you have provided helpful information without pretending know more than another person. Cheers. -- Greg Maxey See my web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org for an eclectic collection of Word Tips. "It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly...who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory nor defeat." - TR |
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No, I did not mean My Computer. I meant what I said.
-- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... By "Windows Explorer," Doug means Start "My Computer" (in Windows XP) or "Computer" (in Vista). (When you burrow more deeply into Windows, it's still called Explorer.) If you're running Vista, there's a "Search" box on almost any panel you open by (double-)clicking on a folder. On Oct 13, 3:34 pm, SP wrote: Thanks for answering but I don't understand --- please provide more detailed instructions. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: The search facility in Windows Explorer can do that. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "SP" wrote in message ... Is there any kind of "advanced search" option? What I want to do is search for a document when I know a key phrase inside the document but can't recall the document name.- |
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