Using the search returns no results outlook 2007

I have the same problem running a fresh version of outlook 2007, running on
Vista Business.
The search is not working at all. the problem is that outlook says that the
application is still indexing, while it does not not index nothing at all.
This is a nasty bug, what a shame after many years and versions paid to
microsoft.
I begg microsoft to give us a fix for that problem.
--
Programmeur néolithique.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Start with the basics:
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/47

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Nick Fanella" wrote in message
...
This is a constant frustrating problem. When I do a contact search I get
nothing. If I do a desktop search the contact appears. My OS is xp
professional. I have installed sp1 into office '07.

Please help

OKAY everyone. yes, I had the CONTACT SEARCH problem as well. Its strange
that nobody from Microsoft or MVP's don't know about this problem because
i've searched and have seen alot about it.

READY? Here is the FIX.

In Outlook 2007, Click CONTACTS in the navigation pane. In the upper right
corner of the Contacts pane should be a search box that says Search All
Contact Items very light. To the right of that search box is a dropdown
arrow. Click it and choose SEARCH OPTIONS. In the Search Options window, in
the middle is the SEARCH section. UNCHECK the DISPLAY SEARCH RESULTS AS I
TYPE WHEN POSSIBLE box.
My search started working again after I did this. Even when I rechecked the
box.

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"macsaintly" wrote:

My boss is running office 07 and when he searches in his contacts it returns
no results even though you can see the name sitting in phone list. He has a
laptop and is running in cache and because he takes his laptop home so it
needs to be in cache so his emails are stored up to date when he turns it on
at home. I suspect this is why its not searching his contacts properly. I
should add that any new additions or changes to old contacts it will find,
just nothing pre the change from 03 to 07. Any ideas on what to do? thanks

My outlook 2007 does the same thing, but if i select tools and then instant
search and use that it searches fine. I want to know why the search bar that
always shows is different than the instant search???

"Robinson" wrote:

I have the same problem running a fresh version of outlook 2007, running on
Vista Business.
The search is not working at all. the problem is that outlook says that the
application is still indexing, while it does not not index nothing at all.
This is a nasty bug, what a shame after many years and versions paid to
microsoft.
I begg microsoft to give us a fix for that problem.
--
Programmeur néolithique.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Start with the basics:
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/47

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Nick Fanella" wrote in message
...
This is a constant frustrating problem. When I do a contact search I get
nothing. If I do a desktop search the contact appears. My OS is xp
professional. I have installed sp1 into office '07.

Please help

Clarify your question.
--
Russ Valentine
"rdquick" wrote in message
...
My outlook 2007 does the same thing, but if i select tools and then
instant
search and use that it searches fine. I want to know why the search bar
that
always shows is different than the instant search???

"Robinson" wrote:

I have the same problem running a fresh version of outlook 2007, running
on
Vista Business.
The search is not working at all. the problem is that outlook says that
the
application is still indexing, while it does not not index nothing at
all.
This is a nasty bug, what a shame after many years and versions paid to
microsoft.
I begg microsoft to give us a fix for that problem.
--
Programmeur néolithique.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Start with the basics:
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/47

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Nick Fanella" wrote in message
...
This is a constant frustrating problem. When I do a contact search I
get
nothing. If I do a desktop search the contact appears. My OS is xp
professional. I have installed sp1 into office '07.

Please help

i do not see outlook global address as an option to select when specifying
which folder to search. also, can i make the address book search all folders
by default ? or configure advanced search to produce only address book
entries ?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Start with the basics:
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/47

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Nick Fanella" wrote in message
...
This is a constant frustrating problem. When I do a contact search I get
nothing. If I do a desktop search the contact appears. My OS is xp
professional. I have installed sp1 into office '07.

Please help

i do not see outlook global address as an option to select when specifying
which folder to search. also, can i make the address book search all folders
by default ? or configure advanced search to produce only address book
entries ?

"Russ Valentine" wrote:

Clarify your question.
--
Russ Valentine
"rdquick" wrote in message
...
My outlook 2007 does the same thing, but if i select tools and then
instant
search and use that it searches fine. I want to know why the search bar
that
always shows is different than the instant search???

"Robinson" wrote:

I have the same problem running a fresh version of outlook 2007, running
on
Vista Business.
The search is not working at all. the problem is that outlook says that
the
application is still indexing, while it does not not index nothing at
all.
This is a nasty bug, what a shame after many years and versions paid to
microsoft.
I begg microsoft to give us a fix for that problem.
--
Programmeur néolithique.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Start with the basics:
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/47

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Nick Fanella" wrote in message
...
This is a constant frustrating problem. When I do a contact search I
get
nothing. If I do a desktop search the contact appears. My OS is xp
professional. I have installed sp1 into office '07.

Please help




.

To which search method are you referring?

--
Russ Valentine
"steve" wrote in message
...
i do not see outlook global address as an option to select when specifying
which folder to search. also, can i make the address book search all
folders
by default ? or configure advanced search to produce only address book
entries ?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Start with the basics:
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/47

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Nick Fanella" wrote in message
...
This is a constant frustrating problem. When I do a contact search I
get
nothing. If I do a desktop search the contact appears. My OS is xp
professional. I have installed sp1 into office '07.

Please help

Hi Steve,

to make it short: don't waste your time on the Outlook search. If
you're serious on actually working with Outlook, and that goes along
with searching within emails/the whole Outlook data on a reliable and
moreover speedy basis, I'd recommend you looking for some third party
search tool alternatives...

Xobin and Lookeen are my suggestions here. The former if you like some
more social (network) features added too your Outlook as well, the
latter for real improvement in search speed... I tried both, both
clearly proofed it's advantages over the Outlook search, now using
'Lookeen' (http://www.lookeen.net)

Greets
Boris


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http://forums.slipstick.com

In Outlook 2007, go to Tools - Address Book.

From there, in the Address Book window, go to Tools - Options.

In the first drop down, select "Outlook Address Book." You should be able to see your other address "lists" or contact folders in the drop down.

In the lower control list, you should see your contact folders as well. You can specify the order in which you want Check Names to search for contacts.

I tested this with an email where I started typing in someone's name. Three possible choices appeared during the auto-complete. Two of the choices existed in one contact in my main Contacts folder. The other email address appears in a contact that I have in an Imported Contacts contact folder.

Hope this helps. The key was choosing "Outlook Address Book" instead of one of your folders in the options of the Address Book.



BorisD wrote:

Hi Steve,to make it short: do not waste your time on the Outlook search.
04-Mar-10

Hi Steve,

to make it short: do not waste your time on the Outlook search. If
you are serious on actually working with Outlook, and that goes along
with searching within emails/the whole Outlook data on a reliable and
moreover speedy basis, I'd recommend you looking for some third party
search tool alternatives...

Xobin and Lookeen are my suggestions here. The former if you like some
more social (network) features added too your Outlook as well, the
latter for real improvement in search speed... I tried both, both
clearly proofed it is advantages over the Outlook search, now using
'Lookeen' (http://www.lookeen.net)

Greets
Boris


--
BorisD
http://forums.slipstick.com

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