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Subject:Re: Is wildcard functionality well known enough? From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:34:26 -0800 (PST)
> Yes, several folks in our group have been using it since it became
> available. It really slowed down our computers during the initial
> indexing run after installation, but since then there is no
I let it index while I went to lunch. By the time I'd returned about
45 minutes later, it had indexed about 20,000 items
(files/emails/etc) on my computer. Now, it's like it's not there and
when I search in it, the results are almost instanteous.
> I too would like the PDF search functionality, and also I fervently
> wish that I could point the indexing engine at selected network
> drives and directorires...
Us too.
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John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
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