Set Search Options

Outlook’s Instant Search capabilities enable you to find the Outlook items you need in a flash, be they e-mail messages, calendar entries, contacts, and so on. If you want, you can modify certain aspects of Outlook’s Instant Search function, such as which folders are indexed for searching.

Set Search Options

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Click Tools.
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Click Options.

The Options dialog box appears.
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Click Search Options to open the Search Options dialog box. Choose indexing settings, such as which folders you want Outlook to index and whether Outlook should notify you when searches may be incomplete. Choose search settings here, such as whether Outlook should display search results as you type, speed up searches by limiting the number of results shown, and or highlight words in the search criteria. To include items in the Deleted Items folder in search results, click ...

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