"Pete L" <PeteL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Jon" wrote:
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>> "Pete L" <Pete [email]L@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in message
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>> > When searching for a text string (like 'cussler") in a folder of Works
>> > files,
>> > there are no findings even when I know there are several instances of
>> > that
>> > string there. The search function does not work on the works files but
>> > does
>> > work on other files. Has anyone else seen this?[/color]
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>> Check the settings for .wps files etc via
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>> Control Panel > Indexing Options > Advanced > File Types
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>> If it's set for 'File properties only' then that would explain it.
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>> You might need to install a special IFilter for MSWorks if the text
>> Ifilter
>> doesn't do the trick.
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>> Jon
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>> I tried changing the file type as suggested without any results. Thanks
>> for suggestion.[/color][/color]



yw.

If it's an older version of Works, then according to this thread it doesn't
sound promising.
[url]http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1389946&SiteID=1[/url]

There's a half-suggestion that comes from that thread, which would be to
convert the files into a format that is indexable. There are usually various
options on the File > Save as .. menu that you could potentially use.

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Jon