The search bar in both Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 is very helpful and something I use everyday. As the hover text says “search programs and files”; you can search through everything on your hard drive(s) with either a short or long description.
The search scans through your documents, programs, emails, etc. almost instantly and accurately. It also has a memory, so the more often you click a certain result for a keyword it will rank it higher. IE: if i always search ‘note’ and open notepad, it will move to the list so all you have to do is search for your keyword and press enter.
Here is an example of how i will find both the title of the notepad document, and also the text within it:
1- I will be searching for – notepad document: search bar – document content: search bar test
2- Now i press the windows menu icon (bottom LHS corner) *a shortcut to open up the windows start menu is by hitting the “windows key” which is on the bottom LHS of the keyboard in between “Ctr” and “Alt” if your keyboard has it.
3- I enter what i am looking for, i want to find my word document ‘search bar’ so i type in ‘search bar’ See how the file is highlighted for selection; to open it simply hit ‘Enter’ or click on the link.
4- next i will search for the ‘search bar test’ content from within the sample notepad document. Now since i have done a more refined search; only 2 results came up, one from my email(Outlook) and 1 File(the one i am looking for). It has read the text within the document and given it as a result of the search. I highlighted the wording on the RHS so you can see what i was looking for and the result it brought up. The same can be applied to anything; in emails, documents, spreadsheets, etc. It is a very helpful trick.
5- The same can be applied to anything. For example, i open firefox quite often, and the easiest and faster way for me to do it more often then not is to simple hit the “windows key” and type in “fire” and hit “enter” and it brings up exactly what i want. I have my browser up within seconds with this simple combination.
*If you have any questions, please post them below and i will respond to them promptly.
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