Re: XP search facility

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Twayne,
I think when the OP used the terms "the word 'one' in it" he was
referring to IN the title rather than IN the document itself. Not very
clear, I admit.


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"Twayne" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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xp search wrote:
Terry R. wrote:
The date and time was Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:35:07 AM, and on a
whim, xp search pounded out on the keyboard:

I need to search documents on an XP machine, and I need to be able
to enter multiple different words at the same time (not a phrase,
but separate words). If I was going to search like this in a
browser, I know I could separate each search term with a comma and
they would each be regarded as a separate search term. How do I
accomplish this with Windows XP search?

Thanks.

Using a semicolon and a space between words just worked for me. This is
NOT using the Windows Search utility (that I would never
recommend), but just the search built into Windows.


Terry R.

Hi Terry and thanks for the fast response. I set up a test directory
in My Documents with 3 word documents in it. One document has the
word "one" in it. Another document has the word "two" in it. The
third document has the string "one two" in it. This test directory
is being indexed. When I search for word or phrase in file:

one; two

It does not pull up any of these documents. I guess I'm wondering how
it works for you but not me?

Ah, searching in Word documents can be problematic. For testing purposes,
I would use straight text (.txt) files until you get the process figured
out for sure.
If you open a word .doc file in a hex editor or even a text editor and
search for the words, they may not exist in the form you're searching for.
Word embeds and modifies other characters within its files for its own
purposes. Plus if it's unicode it might make a difference too; not sure.
I just created a three word .doc document and the words I used ARE
there, so ... at least with that file they show up fine. But it's hard to
say what would happen in a more complex document. Normally all the code
stuff is at the end of a paragraph in Word, but not everything. That's why
I recommended using straight text files for testing out the various search
methods.

There is also a "funny" in Explorer's Search when you're looking for
specific words and it depends on whether the types of files are indexed or
not. Perhaps someone who remembers the details can chime in on that one?
And how it relates to searching for phrases within a file?

HTH,

Twayne`






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