If Google Toolbar works for Windows users, and Mac users can use
Spotlight, I think that we are leaving the *nix users out in the cold
with the find, sed unzip option, but being wonderful thing that open
source is, google comes up with all kind of interesting looking tools
for indexing & searching documents -- all for free!
As an alternative, and I know this may seem a little old fashioned,
but I have a folder for my customer info -- and a folder inside that
for each customer and then folders for each project -- it makes
finding things fairly easy and it's the one folder I KNOW is going to
be backed up.
Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
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www.spitcomp.com
On May 14, 2006, at 7:10 AM, Henrik Sundberg wrote:
2006/5/14, Dmitri Koulikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Sunday 14 May 2006 14:11, Henrik Sundberg wrote:
HS> 2006/5/14, Richard Detwiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
HS> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HS> > > On Sunday 14 May 2006 11:53, Henrik Sundberg wrote:
HS> > >
HS> > > HS> 2006/5/13, Bert Cuzeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
HS> > > HS> > I have a major issue with OpenOffice in my daily use :
HS> > > HS> > I didn't find any way to search for documents (sxw
or odt) for
HS> > > HS> > a specific piece of text (string).
HS> > > HS>
HS> > > HS> You could try Google desktop: http://desktop.google.com/
HS> > > HS>
HS> > > HS> and the plugin:
HS> > > http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/
indextheopenoffice.html HS>
HS> > > HS> /$
HS> > > This is suitable only for Windoze unfortunately.
HS> > >
HS> >
HS> > Also, if I interpret the OP correctly, he was looking for a
way of
HS> > searching WITHIN OOo, when you go to the File > Open dialog.
HS>
HS> Well, he did write:
HS> "While this usually works with MS Word's .doc files directly
from the
HS> Windows Explorer, or (better) from within Word itself"
HS>
HS> For me this means:
HS> 1. He is using Windows.
HS> 2. Searching with Windows Explorer is good enough.
HS> => Google Desktop may help him.
And what about others?
In Unixlike operating systems you could combine "find" "sed" "unzip"
with some pipes in a command line.
What is your problemspace? Perhaps someone else can be of more help in
your case. Just be specific enough.
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