OFF: Cannot Specify Desktop Folder in Find File
Article ID: 135100
Article Last Modified on 11/25/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office 4.2 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Office 4.21 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Excel 5.0a for Macintosh
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q135100
SUMMARY
In the Find File feature of the applications listed at the beginning of
this article, you cannot specify the Desktop Folder as the only folder in
which to search for your files.
MORE INFORMATION
When you use Find File, you can search specified folders on both
your hard disk and on network drives for files meeting specific criteria.
However, you cannot specify the Desktop Folder as the only folder in which
to search for your files. Note that if you specify your hard disk as the
location to search, Find File does search your Desktop Folder (as well as
all other folders on your hard disk) and will report any files in your
Desktop Folder that meet the specified criteria.
Additional query words: 4.2.1a mac findfile
Keywords: kbfaq KB135100