Search Examples

When performing an Advanced search, you use different panes depending on the search criteria. The following examples demonstrate which search panes to use for particular types of searches.

      Search for a specific type of attachment. You are looking for a message with a picture attached. You don't remember who sent it or when, but you recall that it was either a PDF or JPEG file.

How to do it: From the search drop-down menu, select Email. In the Attachments pane, select Specific Attachment and then check both Adobe PDF and JPEG Image.

      Search for a contact from a specific company. You don't remember the contact's name but you know the name of the company that the person works for.

How to do it: From the search drop-down menu, select Contacts. In the Advanced search area, open the Basic Search pane. In the Content text box, enter the company name. (You could also do this as a simple search using the Search text box.)

      Search for an item that was tagged. You want to find all the new procedures for your industry, which you had tagged as Industry News.

How to do it: From the search drop-down menu, select All Item Types. In the Advanced search area, open the Tags pane. Select the check box for the Industry news tag. Note: Tags are user-defined, so this assumes that you have already created the tag and applied it to objects in your mailbox.

      Search by a date range. Someone who sends you a lot of email claims to have sent you a specific message in early February. Rather than look through all your emails, you can search by the contact name and the date range.

How to do it: From the search drop-down menu, select Email. In the Advanced search area, open two instances of the Date pane to set the date range. In the first one, set the Date drop-down to is before and select an end date. Use the other Date pane to specify is after and a start date. You can also search by sender using a basic search.