Teach Yourself VISUALLY™ Outlook® 2007

Perform an Instant Search

Regardless of which Outlook component you are using, you can search for Outlook items such as messages, contacts, appointments, and so on.

Note that although you can use the Instant Search feature in all of Outlook’s components, this task focuses on searching for e-mail messages.

Perform an Instant Search

1.	With the Outlook Mail component displayed, click the folder in which you think the message is located.
2.	Type a keyword or phrase in the Instant Search box. [View full size image] As you type, Outlook displays a list of the messages containing the string of letters you typed.
3.	To narrow your search, type more characters in the Instant Search box.
4.	To widen your search to include all Mail folders (rather than just the folder you selected in Step 1), click the Try Searching Again in All Mail Items link. [View full size image]
5.	To add more search criteria, click the Expand the Query Builder arrow (). Outlook displays the Query Builder, which contains ...