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OFF98: Search by Document Properties Limited in Find File

Article ID: 204202

Article Last Modified on 11/13/2003

Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q204202

SYMPTOMS

In Office 98 Macintosh Edition, you can save files in each application with a large number of custom properties and some built-in properties. However, you cannot search for all of these properties when you click Open on the File menu, click Find File, and then click Advanced Search.

CAUSE

Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition uses the same Find File as Microsoft Office 4.2 for the Macintosh and thus can find only those properties available in Microsoft Office 4.2 for the Macintosh.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

To type document properties, click Properties on the File menu and click the Summary tab or Custom tab.

Of the properties that can be entered for a document, you can only search for the following properties in Advanced Search:

Title
Author
Keywords
Subject

You cannot search for the following properties in a document:

Manager
Company
Category
Comments
Hyperlink base
Any property on the Custom tab of the document Properties dialog box

REFERENCES

For more information about Find File, click the Office Assistant, type Find files, click Search, and then click Find files to view the topic.

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

179216 OFF98: How to Use the Microsoft Office Installer Program

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