UNHCE Information Technology & Distance Education Blog

If you are having difficulty locating the document, there are some search
features which can be of assistance.

To do a search from within Office 2002 (XP) applications, select File and then Search. A sidebar will appear with search options. 

You can enter a text string you are sure is contained within the document.
The lower part of the menu allows you to refine your search to search in a
certain area or directory (and its subdirectories.) You can also confine
your search to certain filetypes. Access those options by clicking on the
down arrow next to the options. 

Hint: When doing a search, look for the most obscure string you are sure
would be in the document or filename. For instance, if you are looking for
the UNHCE ITDE Strategic Plan, searching on Extension, Cooperative,
UNHCE, or strategic may produce a multitude of documents. If the team
was listed in the document, you know Mike Sciabarrasi was on the team,
and you don’t have his name in many other documents, a search on a
document containing the text Sciabarrasi will be faster and produce fewer
hits.
 

More advanced search options are available by selecting File\open from
the menu system. When the popup window comes up, select Tools and
then Search. Clicking on the advanced search tab allows you to search
based on several criteria, such as filename.