Getting "unavailable locations" with advanced file search. Why? mabber 12/23/2008 1:13:00 AM Hi, I'm preparing for the Word 2003 MOS Expert exam. Everytime I do an advanced file search according to what my prep book tells me to do, I get an error message saying "unavailable locations" instead of the correct file search results. I can't even get advanced file search to locate Word documents on my hard drive. Basic file search works fine. What's going on? I have a feeling the exam will have a question about this procedure, and I would really like to be able to pull off a successful search before I sit the actual exam. Using Word 2003 SP3. Thanks.

Re: Getting "unavailable locations" with advanced file search. Why? "Beth Melton" <bmelton[ at ]mvps.org> 12/23/2008 2:09:43 PM "mabber" <mabber[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B4A22BB8-0E55-4C3C-913B-8838C3DFA651[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I'm preparing for the Word 2003 MOS Expert exam. Everytime I do an > advanced > file search according to what my prep book tells me to do, I get an error > message saying "unavailable locations" instead of the correct file search > results. I can't even get advanced file search to locate Word documents on > my > hard drive. Basic file search works fine. What's going on? I have a > feeling > the exam will have a question about this procedure, and I would really > like > to be able to pull off a successful search before I sit the actual exam. > Using Word 2003 SP3. If you can pull of a successful advanced search using Search then you are further ahead than most who attempt to use Search. It's had problems since they changed it after Word 6. FWIW, Microsoft removed Search in Office 2007 because they found few users (if any) actually used it. Heh, maybe if it wasn't broken folks would've actually used it more. <g> Unfortunately this doesn't exactly answer you question but I suspect you aren't doing anything wrong. Something to keep in mind is the exam creators need to successfully perform the steps in the test question as well. That might be why I've never seen a question regarding Search on a MOS exam and I've taken all of them since they were introduced for Office 97. I'm not saying you won't encounter such a question but I'm betting the chances are slim. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx

Re: Getting "unavailable locations" with advanced file search. Why? "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> 12/23/2008 3:08:23 PM I also think that Microsoft are pushing their Windows Search v4 which works surprisingly well. I also find the basic Search in Vista works really well too. They certainly made it easy to use: just press the Winkey and start typing the keyword or filename. Of course the problem is that it isn't restricted to file type without going into advanced options. But I find it more successful to look for an email or document than any of the Office search tools. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "mabber" <mabber[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B4A22BB8-0E55-4C3C-913B-8838C3DFA651[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I'm preparing for the Word 2003 MOS Expert exam. Everytime I do an > advanced > file search according to what my prep book tells me to do, I get an error > message saying "unavailable locations" instead of the correct file search > results. I can't even get advanced file search to locate Word documents on > my > hard drive. Basic file search works fine. What's going on? I have a > feeling > the exam will have a question about this procedure, and I would really > like > to be able to pull off a successful search before I sit the actual exam. > Using Word 2003 SP3. > > Thanks.