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Anonymous   11-29-2004 at 02:21:04 PM

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In XP Home edition, I have used Windows Explorer to search for files
containing certain text. The Explorer search windows has listed about a
hundred files containing the text, all of which are Microsoft WORD 2003 files.

I don't want to have to open each file individually to find the text I'm
looking for. I would like to open a preview pane of some kind so that I can
see a preview of each file, to know whether I should open it to search the
file completely. How can I get this preview pane kind of view?

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Anonymous   11-29-2004 at 06:32:32 PM
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Sounds like a great idea. Anyone who uses Adobe's Acrobat Reader knows how
handy this feature is. Unfortunately, it's not available with Windows XP. At
least, not yet.
--
Ted Zieglar


"Robert Judge" <RobertJudge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7CDAD2CB-4BE3-42F5-AFD6-59B856E90E14@microsoft.com...
> In XP Home edition, I have used Windows Explorer to search for files
> containing certain text. The Explorer search windows has listed about a
> hundred files containing the text, all of which are Microsoft WORD 2003
files.
>
> I don't want to have to open each file individually to find the text I'm
> looking for. I would like to open a preview pane of some kind so that I
can
> see a preview of each file, to know whether I should open it to search the
> file completely. How can I get this preview pane kind of view?

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Anonymous   11-30-2004 at 02:04:12 PM
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:21:04 -0800, Robert Judge wrote:

> In XP Home edition, I have used Windows Explorer to search for files
> containing certain text. The Explorer search windows has listed about a
> hundred files containing the text, all of which are Microsoft WORD 2003 files.
>
> I don't want to have to open each file individually to find the text I'm
> looking for. I would like to open a preview pane of some kind so that I can
> see a preview of each file, to know whether I should open it to search the
> file completely. How can I get this preview pane kind of view?

Perform a search at google.com to locate alternative find tools. For
example: Agent Ransack (free) or File Locator Pro (shareware) utilize a
preview pane in their search results window and can be found at
http://www.mythicsoft.com

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

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