Use shortcuts to accelerate your research

Microsoft Outlook 2007 has profoundly changed how to organize and retrieve emails using the search engine Windows Search full text. Research is now a key feature of the software, and all users now spend it to find a letter or an attachment. Here are some keyboard shortcuts needed to make the most of this search function.

Under Outlook 2007, the search function is pervasive and affects our way of organizing the mail. The search box is present on all screens, but it is not always as clearly highlighted, nor always positioned in one place. In addition, users tend to use only the basic function, then it has advanced settings. Hence the idea of using the keyboard rather than the mouse to invoke. Not only saves time but also on gaining flexibility and efficiency.


Search Normal:

To invoke the normale research in the folder selected in the tree, press the key combination [Ctrl] + [S].
The cursor is then positioned directly in the search box, as if you had clicked.


Search Scope:

When launching a search, Office 2007 then proposes to extend the search to all files in the tree and not only selected folder. It is possible, however, by a shortcut to launch a search directly extended to all folders. Use the shortcut [CTRL] + [ALT] + [A].


Advanced Search:

There is a search mode that offers advanced filtering additional fields to specify whether it conducts research on an author on a topic on a body of text, etc. To open a direct research in this mode, use the keystroke: [CTRL] + [ALT] + [W].


Search Vista:

Outlook 2007 relies on Windows Search, the search engine integrated into the heart of Vista. In other words, you can use the search engine to find Vista emails at the same time as files or other elements. You can also call the search function of Vista from Outlook pressing [CTRL] + [ALT] + [K].