On Sat May 13 2006 09:57, + Bert Cuzeau wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > Hello, > > I have a major issue with OpenOffice in my daily use : > I didn't find any way to search for documents (sxw or odt) for > a specific piece of text (string). > > While this usually works with MS Word's .doc files directly > from the Windows Explorer, or (better) from within Word itself, > I found no equivalent in OpenOffice. > > I find this extremely unfriendly : I have hundreds of commercial > quotations and invoices and locating a specific one is nearly > impossible. A viewer integrated with a file browser would be very > nice, but simply a tool to search for strings inside .sxw or .odt > would be a real pain reliever. > > I can't imagine I'm the only one in the world to suffer from this :-) > Did I miss something obvious ? > > Thanks in advance for any suggestion,
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Sun May 14 2006 08:53, Henrik Sundberg wrote: > > You could try Google desktop: http://desktop.google.com/ > > and the plugin: http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/indextheopenoffice.html > Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
