By Melissa MacBeth
This article is part of a series from Melissa MacBeth's Best practices for Outlook 2007.
Note For details on applying these principles, follow the links in the list and inline below to additional articles.
See links to the rest of the articles in this sequence.
How to find a message from a particular person
If you want to find a message from a particular person, type from: <name> in the search box in your reference folder (for example, 1-Reference).
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How to find a message with an attachment
To find a message with an attachment, type hasattachment:yes in the search box
For more tips on how to perform efficient searches, see the article Learn to narrow your search criteria for better searches in Outlook and the video Find needles in a haystack with Instant Search.
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About the author
Melissa MacBeth is a Lead Program Manager in the Office product group at Microsoft. She worked on several time management features for Outlook 2007, including the To-Do Bar, flags, flagging on send, and the Daily Task List. She lives in Seattle and enjoys gardening.
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