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Subject:Re: search for file contents? From:Steven Anderson <Steven -dot- Anderson -at- BRIGHTWARE -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:39:21 -0800
I'm assuming you are using a Windows based computer.
1. Go to the start menu and select Find
2. In the Named box type *.txt (or *.doc)
3. Click the Advanced tab
4. Enter the text you are looking for in the Containing text box
5. Click the Find Now button
Repeat for each string or each document style.
Find also has a lot of other things you can do, such as only searching files
of a certain size range, or file created before a certain date, or searching
only a particular disk or directory.
