Re: Change Default View for Advanced Find Results? (OL 2003)

I think this cements my decision to go back to Outlook 97. Much better
product for a small organization.

nucolso@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hmm...Still furiously scratching...While it *is* nice to have a
> shortcut that opens an Advanced Find box with my predefined search
> criteria, I still can't see any way to apply a predefined view (as I
> could for an Outlook folder). Advice? Thanks.
>
>
> Milly Staples - [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
> > Configure your Advanced Find how you want it and, before conducting a
> > search, use File->Save Search and place it on your desktop. Next time you
> > want to use this search, then use the shortcut on the desktop to open your
> > predefined search view.
> >
> > --
> > Milly Staples - [MVP Outlook]
> >
> > Post all replies to the news group. Unsolicited mail sent to my
> > personal address will be deleted without reading.
> >
> >
> > After furious head scratching, nucolso@xxxxxxxxx <nucolso@xxxxxxxxx> asked:
> >
> > | I'll pose the brief question first. If you know the answer to it,
> > | there is no need to read the background (and many thanks in advance!).
> > | The question: Is there a way to configure Outlook 2003 Advanced Find
> > | so that the results always come up with a user pre-defined view (set
> > | of fields) rather than Advanced Find results' default columns? (Or,
> > | better yet, is there a way to permanently reset standard Find to
> > | search only From and Subect instead of fulltext?)
> > |
> > | Background:
> > | I liked the fact that standard Find in OL 97 defaulted to searching
> > || From and Subject...took less time than fulltext search, which is the
> > | default in OL 2003. Now, my easiest alternate with OL 2003 is to use
> > | Advanced Find and specify "Frequently Used Mail Fields", which adds a
> > | few new search fields (such as cc), while still avoiding fulltext
> > | search.
> > |
> > | Here's the problem: Even after I maximize the search results, I have
> > | to manually customize to add all the fields I am accustomed to seeing
> > | for messages (and that I have set as a standard view for all my mail
> > | folders.) (BTW, It seems odd to me that all the fields searched with
> > | "frequently used" aren't shown in the results.) What I am trying to
> > | find out is whether there is a way to save my customization of the
> > | Advanced Find columns (view only, not results) as a default so that I
> > | don't have to re-customize the view every time. Unfortunately, the
> > | usual option for applying "defined views" is greyed out, perhaps
> > | because the Advanced Find results box is not really a folder. (Of
> > | course, none of this is an issue with standard Find, since the results
> > | maintain the current view...but again, I don't *want* to do fulltext
> > | searching in most cases.)
> > |
> > | So any ideas on how to standardize the Advanced Find view? (Or,
> > | better yet, to permanently reset standard Find to search only From
> > | and Subect instead of fulltext?)

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