Settings and indexing
With all Office applications, we have default options, and these have been discussed in previous chapters of this book. There are options for Search as well:
- Click File | Options | Search. Let’s explore a few of these settings:
- Include results only from: If you choose the All mailboxes option, your search will take a little bit longer as it searches everything.
- Include messages from the Deleted Items folder in each data file when searching in All Items: Check this box if you want to include the Deleted Items folder in All Items.
- Highlight color: Yellow will be used unless you change this color.
- Indexing Options…: Indexing will help you get faster search results. It does not just pertain to Outlook Search, but it helps with any search you do in Windows.
Indexing means going through all your files and messages and any content on your computer...