> ps. What do you mean by old & new contacts?
>
>>Problem: Instant search in the Contact folder does not appear to find all
>>items that match the search. If you have a mix of old and new contacts,
>>Instant Search returns new items which meet the search criteria but not
>>older items.
>
> "Henry Vanston" wrote:
>
>> Thanks for suggestion. I tried the below suggestion from that page, but
>> without success. I did the search on my PPC, found the contact & verified
>> that the key word was in the notes. I have trieds several other test
>> searches, but my O2007 does not appear to be searching within the notes
>> field. Other thoughts?
>>
>>>>The workaround is simple: Search All Contact Items, not a single
>>>>folder. You can select All Contact Items from the top of the navigation
>>>>pane before beginning the search, or click on the link to "Try
>>>>searching again in All Contacts Items" in the results pane (when
>>>>searching in a table view).
>>
>> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>>>>I put key words into the contact notes field to help find a name. For
>>>> instance, right now I am looking for the guy that installs windows. I
>>>> put
>>>> "window" in his contact note. Find used to find words in the notes
>>>> field,
>>>> but
>>>> no longer does. I am using Outlook 2007, having upgraded from 2003 a
>>>> while
>>>> ago. I don't know if the feature disappeared wiht 2007 or after I
>>>> upgraded. I
>>>> also checked the advanced search & don't find "notes" as an option
>>>> for
>>>> which
>>>> to set criterion.
>>>> Thanks for your in sight.
>>>
