Searching for words in Outlook 2010
Despite the fact that there is no ctrl
+f
feature to search in Outlook, and instead you must use ctrl
+e
, I still cannot seem to find any method to search contents of an individual email. ctrl
+e
only allows you to search a folder, as far as I can see.
i.e. I am looking for a string in one specific email, I am not trying to find an email by a string.
It's pretty important to be able for me to do this, because I am constantly getting emails with long lists of CC, and being able to perform a standard search for text on the currently displayed email would be a huge timesaver.
As it is now, I have to copy and paste the entire email into some kind of word pad and do ctrl
+f
to see if someone's name is already there or if I should forward the message.
EDIT:
You can use the Search
function from the ribbon within an e-mail:
This will find text within an e-mail.
In the upper-right of your inbox, there is a search box. This box searches all e-mails and their contents (minus attachments).
There is also a search tab that you can enable.
More information here.
- Double click to open the email.
- Press F4 to bring up the search box, and search the contents of this email.
PS: I haven't been able to figure out a way to fire up such a search without opening the email. Yes, a huge inconvenience, no doubt.
You can search the body of emails using the "Body" section of the search in Outlook. Attached is a screen shot of where you would search for text in the body of an email.