how to search within documents?

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faizanhk
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how to search within documents?

Post by faizanhk »

i want to know how can i use Everything to search within documents?

there are a few MS word documents which contain a specific word. how can i find these documents by using that specific word?
tuska
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Re: how to search within documents?

Post by tuska »

Hi,

Here are a few examples:

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*.doc content:searchword
*.docx content:"search word"

ext:docx content:searchword
ext:docx;doc content:"search word"
Please see also: Content Indexing in Everything 1.5

Further examples and explanations are available here under
- “Searching content” and ...
- Using AND filter searching inside files with CONTENT:

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'Everything' 1.5.0.1391a (x64) - "Portable on system drive C:"
'Everything' 1.4.1.1026  (x64)
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