Mar 05, 2017 Anyway - when you start to search in Outlook for Mac a panel of search options pops up. Make sure to click 'current folder' (all the way on the left) - and voila the search worked again. I must have unchecked it by accident to cause this problem. Click close once you see the message “Outlook has finished indexing all your items”. Restart Outlook, check to see of the search is returning results. If not, carry on to the next method.
Nowadays Outlook is the most popular email application that is used to send and receive bulk of emails in an organization as well as personal level. It must be maintained and upgraded timely otherwise many issues may arise. Many times, it is difficult for users to execute and understand Outlook search with updated edition of application. As Search option, is the most important feature of the Outlook application.
It helps to perform a specific search of a defined criterion. It helps in navigating through mails and other components quite proficiently. In the following section, we will discuss the trouble faced by the users. In Outlook 2016 for Mac, users receive a message “No Results,” when they try to search specific mail message or task items are not displayed in Task folder.
Moreover, when users search for mail items by utilizing Mac OS spotlight search, the search is not successful. If Outlook for Mac 2016 has some special characters such as., /, , +, @, etc. Then, users need to change the identity name by following the steps mentioned below:. View Profile Name. Select Go Applications.
Click on MS Outlook Show Package Contents. Increase Contents, SharedSupport Outlook Profile Manager.
Change Profile Name. Open Identity folder of Outlook 2016 from the mentioned location:. Now, rename the identity name by removing the special characters. Confirm the changes by again viewing the profile name.
Solution 3: Remove the tab of Privacy. If the user is still facing problem then, Spotlight index may get corrupted.
To resolve this, user needs to re-index the Spotlight Index by following few steps:. Select Apple menu then, go to system preference Spotlight. Click on the privacy tab and now drag the folder, which user wants to index to list of locations that is prevented from Spotlight search. Choose the folder which is added and remove it from the list by clicking on the remove (-) button. Now, quite the preferences of system and the Spotlight will re-index folder contents.
(This post was first published in 2010. It’s obvious from the number of hits this page gets that people’s inboxes are still overflowing. We thought we’d share it again to help you out.) Hi, I am Roby Kurian, Product Manager for Outlook. How often do you ask yourself, “Where’s that message?” Whether you are a filer (you keep messages carefully organized in folders) or a piler (you keep all of your messages in your Inbox), these three tips can help you find that elusive message. Personally, I am more of a piler — I have created folders and use Outlook rules to direct some messages automatically to those folders. But most of my work messages stay in my Inbox.
Leave a comment below and let us know if you are a filer or piler. Now let’s talk about the main topic of this blog — search. We made great improvements to search performance in Outlook 2010. Here are three scenarios and strategies to find the email you are searching for. Use Instant Search Instant Search is always a great place to start. If you’re looking for a message from Dan Wilson about some TPS Reports, just type “Dan Wilson TPS Reports” into the Instant Search box.
The message from Dan appears. Use the Search Tools ribbon to refine your search Sometimes, there might be too many results matching your Instant Search criteria. For example, you’re looking for a message from your manager, and you have 200 messages from him or her in your Inbox (or 2000, if you’re a piler like me and your manager sends as many messages as mine does).
In this case, the Search Tools ribbon comes to the rescue. As soon as you click in the Instant Search box, the Search Tools ribbon automatically appears. Fine tune the search with any additional information you have about the message you’re looking for. If you know part of the subject, click Subject, and type the subject. If you know the message had an attachment, click Has Attachments.
There are many ways to refine your search by clicking More in the Refine group. If you are a filer and can’t remember which folder a message is in, don’t forget to select a folder scope in the Scope group on the ribbon. Click All Outlook Items to expand your search to more mail folders or to include all folders including your calendar, contacts, and tasks.
Create a Search Folder for repeated searches If you find yourself repeating the same search over and over, you might want to create a Search Folder. A Search Folder is a virtual folder that provides a view of all email items that match specific search criteria. For example, if you regularly search for emails that are more than 1 MB, you can create a Search Folder. Then, the next time you want to find those large messages, just open the Search Folder you created. It’s always up-to-date with the items that match that Search Folder’s criteria.
You can learn more about Search Folders at. If you’re using Outlook 2010, leave a comment about your experience with search compared to previous versions of Outlook. Roby Kurian Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Outlook More info on Outlook Search: Get started with Office 365 It’s the Office you know, plus tools to help you work better together, so you can get more done—anytime, anywhere. Sign up for updates Sign up now Microsoft may use my email to provide special Microsoft offers and information.