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Bob Kennedy
I recently upgraded to Outlook from MS Outlook Express. I've tried this update
upon each new release of Outlook, but always wind up going back to OE because
it seems more efficient - particularly with rudimentary features such as
searching.
Trying to make the switch to Outlook 2003 and stick with it, I'm pulling my
hair out every time I need to find something in my archives. This problem is
driving me nuts because search functionality is so critical, yet Outlook just
appears to have so many problems.
Is there an alterative/third-party product that allows me to search through my
Outlook archives quicker/easier than Outlook itself offers?
An example of the problem: if I search my imported OE messages in Outlook -
after first
verifying the target messages exist in both - OE will always find the message
matching my search criteria, where Outlook only doesn't always find the messages
which I know exist (and OE is able to find). Further, it takes Outlook about
four times as long to determine it can't find the same message OE finds quickly
(searching about 15,000 archived messages since 1997)
This is a problem most often when opting to search the body text. Much worse,
the "Advanced Find" dialog is just counter
intuitive and far more difficult than it needs to be. In OE, I quickly can
select a criteria of date - between any two dates quickly. In Outlook, I have
the option of a couple fixed periods (a week ago, a month ago, etc) and an
exceptionally laborious custom criteria that I can use.
If anyone has any ideas as to a third party tool, workaround, etc - that will
allow me to quickly and correctly search through Outlook for historical
messages, please let me know. I'm referring to ad-hoc searches, so something
like Nelson won't work for me.
I apologize if this is a stupid question, but I've searched through the Deja
archives for MS Outlook groups and couldn't find anything mentioned.
Thank you in advance,
-Bob
upon each new release of Outlook, but always wind up going back to OE because
it seems more efficient - particularly with rudimentary features such as
searching.
Trying to make the switch to Outlook 2003 and stick with it, I'm pulling my
hair out every time I need to find something in my archives. This problem is
driving me nuts because search functionality is so critical, yet Outlook just
appears to have so many problems.
Is there an alterative/third-party product that allows me to search through my
Outlook archives quicker/easier than Outlook itself offers?
An example of the problem: if I search my imported OE messages in Outlook -
after first
verifying the target messages exist in both - OE will always find the message
matching my search criteria, where Outlook only doesn't always find the messages
which I know exist (and OE is able to find). Further, it takes Outlook about
four times as long to determine it can't find the same message OE finds quickly
(searching about 15,000 archived messages since 1997)
This is a problem most often when opting to search the body text. Much worse,
the "Advanced Find" dialog is just counter
intuitive and far more difficult than it needs to be. In OE, I quickly can
select a criteria of date - between any two dates quickly. In Outlook, I have
the option of a couple fixed periods (a week ago, a month ago, etc) and an
exceptionally laborious custom criteria that I can use.
If anyone has any ideas as to a third party tool, workaround, etc - that will
allow me to quickly and correctly search through Outlook for historical
messages, please let me know. I'm referring to ad-hoc searches, so something
like Nelson won't work for me.
I apologize if this is a stupid question, but I've searched through the Deja
archives for MS Outlook groups and couldn't find anything mentioned.
Thank you in advance,
-Bob