Outlook searches have been miserable for as long as I can remember. And I can remember back to Office 97.


Sometimes I find it helpful to search all folders instead of the current one.



I also use some of Outlook's bizarre and geeky search tools. For example, you can search for things like this:




From:John
To:booboo.com
Subject:geek
Size:>5 GB
Received:8 May
HasAttachment:True
cc:sandy@sandysandy.ca
About:those berries


There's no space after the colons. You can combine two or more search terms:



From:John To:booboo.com

Well, with the search in emails I typically have no issues.
It's the search in contacts that regularly drives me nuts!