In OL 2007 address book, what does "more columns" really do?

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In OL 2007, when you open the address book there is a choice of "name" or
"more columns" at the top that determines what is searched for. I have had
no luck figuring out what "more columns" actually searches. I've entered a
company name and things from other fields and rarely get matches. ANy ideas?

Also, seems NUTS that this doesn't use the integrated WDS.
 
It searches the columns other than the Name column, like Display Name and
Email Address.
 
That's what I thought, but it doesn't seem to. For example, if I enter
"yahoo.com" I get no matches, but I know I have folks in my address book who
have that in their email address. The only thing I've gotten more columns to
match is a name. MS needs to have somehting that explains what columns match
and it needs to work!

Russ Valentine said:
It searches the columns other than the Name column, like Display Name and
Email Address.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
P Cause said:
In OL 2007, when you open the address book there is a choice of "name" or
"more columns" at the top that determines what is searched for. I have
had
no luck figuring out what "more columns" actually searches. I've entered
a
company name and things from other fields and rarely get matches. ANy
ideas?

Also, seems NUTS that this doesn't use the integrated WDS.
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Works fine here. Are you certain that your Outlook Address Book is
configured correctly and that Outlook 2007 has had a chance to finish its
indexing?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
P Cause said:
That's what I thought, but it doesn't seem to. For example, if I enter
"yahoo.com" I get no matches, but I know I have folks in my address book
who
have that in their email address. The only thing I've gotten more columns
to
match is a name. MS needs to have somehting that explains what columns
match
and it needs to work!

Russ Valentine said:
It searches the columns other than the Name column, like Display Name and
Email Address.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
P Cause said:
In OL 2007, when you open the address book there is a choice of "name"
or
"more columns" at the top that determines what is searched for. I have
had
no luck figuring out what "more columns" actually searches. I've
entered
a
company name and things from other fields and rarely get matches. ANy
ideas?

Also, seems NUTS that this doesn't use the integrated WDS.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I am not sure what "configured correctly" means, but WDS has definitely
finished indexing.

Russ Valentine said:
Works fine here. Are you certain that your Outlook Address Book is
configured correctly and that Outlook 2007 has had a chance to finish its
indexing?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
P Cause said:
That's what I thought, but it doesn't seem to. For example, if I enter
"yahoo.com" I get no matches, but I know I have folks in my address book
who
have that in their email address. The only thing I've gotten more columns
to
match is a name. MS needs to have somehting that explains what columns
match
and it needs to work!

Russ Valentine said:
It searches the columns other than the Name column, like Display Name and
Email Address.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
In OL 2007, when you open the address book there is a choice of "name"
or
"more columns" at the top that determines what is searched for. I have
had
no luck figuring out what "more columns" actually searches. I've
entered
a
company name and things from other fields and rarely get matches. ANy
ideas?

Also, seems NUTS that this doesn't use the integrated WDS.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Now I'm seeing the same problem. I used to get hits on domains in the email
address but now I don't. I haven't seen what algorithm "More columns" is
supposed to be using, but it sure isn't picking up strings in the email
address.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
P Cause said:
I am not sure what "configured correctly" means, but WDS has definitely
finished indexing.

Russ Valentine said:
Works fine here. Are you certain that your Outlook Address Book is
configured correctly and that Outlook 2007 has had a chance to finish its
indexing?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
P Cause said:
That's what I thought, but it doesn't seem to. For example, if I enter
"yahoo.com" I get no matches, but I know I have folks in my address
book
who
have that in their email address. The only thing I've gotten more
columns
to
match is a name. MS needs to have somehting that explains what columns
match
and it needs to work!

:

It searches the columns other than the Name column, like Display Name
and
Email Address.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
In OL 2007, when you open the address book there is a choice of
"name"
or
"more columns" at the top that determines what is searched for. I
have
had
no luck figuring out what "more columns" actually searches. I've
entered
a
company name and things from other fields and rarely get matches.
ANy
ideas?

Also, seems NUTS that this doesn't use the integrated WDS.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thanks for verifying. Hopefully someone at MS will notice and fix this.
Also be useful if they told us exactly what "more columns" does and give some
ability to customize.

Russ Valentine said:
Now I'm seeing the same problem. I used to get hits on domains in the email
address but now I don't. I haven't seen what algorithm "More columns" is
supposed to be using, but it sure isn't picking up strings in the email
address.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
P Cause said:
I am not sure what "configured correctly" means, but WDS has definitely
finished indexing.

Russ Valentine said:
Works fine here. Are you certain that your Outlook Address Book is
configured correctly and that Outlook 2007 has had a chance to finish its
indexing?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
That's what I thought, but it doesn't seem to. For example, if I enter
"yahoo.com" I get no matches, but I know I have folks in my address
book
who
have that in their email address. The only thing I've gotten more
columns
to
match is a name. MS needs to have somehting that explains what columns
match
and it needs to work!

:

It searches the columns other than the Name column, like Display Name
and
Email Address.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
In OL 2007, when you open the address book there is a choice of
"name"
or
"more columns" at the top that determines what is searched for. I
have
had
no luck figuring out what "more columns" actually searches. I've
entered
a
company name and things from other fields and rarely get matches.
ANy
ideas?

Also, seems NUTS that this doesn't use the integrated WDS.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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