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Computer:How search local Outlook Express, Chat, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Txt, web page with Google?

Oct 24th, 2004 15:36
Knud van Eeden,

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Computer:How search local Outlook Express, Chat, Word, Excel, 
Powerpoint, Txt, web page with Google?

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Steps: Overview:

 1. -Download and install the program

      GoogleDesktopSearchSetup.exe

     from

      http://desktop.google.com

 2. -This will start indexing (when your computer is idle) all the
     files from:

     1. Outlook .pst

     2. Outlook Express .dbx

     3. AOL or CompuServe instant messenger (chat)

     4. Word .doc

     5. Excel .xls

     6. Powerpoint .ppt

     7. text .txt

     8. local web pages .htm, .html, .htps

     on your computer, so that you can search through it
     fast.

 3. -If you click on the desktop icon, or task tray icon for
     'Google desktop search', you can then search in a similar
     way as you search in Google in this local files.

 4. -This is e.g. an ideal method to search for your email
     conversations in mail lists (e.g. TSE mail list)

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Internet: see also:

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Free Google search for PC desktops
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996538

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Operating system: Microsoft Windows: Search: Link: Overview: Can you 
give an overview of links?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/32064/fid/828

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