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The document describes various search operators that can be used to search for items in Outlook. It provides examples of searches for emails, calendar items, contacts, and files using operators like from, subject, received, category, messagesize, and others. Logical operators like AND, OR, and NOT can be used to further refine searches. Placeholders like <> and {} are used to indicate required and optional elements in the search strings.

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The document describes various search operators that can be used to search for items in Outlook. It provides examples of searches for emails, calendar items, contacts, and files using operators like from, subject, received, category, messagesize, and others. Logical operators like AND, OR, and NOT can be used to further refine searches. Placeholders like <> and {} are used to indicate required and optional elements in the search strings.

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Items containing bobby, BOBBY, BoBby, or any other


bobby combination of uppercase and lowercase letters.
Instant Search is not case sensitive.
Items containing both bobby and moore, but not
bobby moore
necessarily in that order.
Items containing both bobby and moore, but not
necessarily in that order. Note that logical operators
bobby AND moore
such as AND, NOT, and OR must be in uppercase
letters.
bobby NOT moore Items containing bobby, but not moore.
bobby OR moore Items containing bobby, moore, or both.
Items containing the exact phrase bobby moore. To
"bobby moore" search for an exact string, you must use quotation
marks.
Items sent from bobby moore. Note the use of double
from:"bobby moore" quotes so that the search results match the exact
phrase within the quotes.
Items sent from bobby moore where status report
appears in the subject line, body, and attachment
from:"bobby moore"
contents. Note the use of double quotes so that the
about:”status report”
search results match the exact phrase within the
quotes.
Items that have attachments. You can also use
hasattachment:yes
hasattachment:true to get the same results.
Items that have attachments named presentation.pptx
attachments:presentation.pptx or if the attachment contains presentation.pptx within
its contents.
subject:"bobby moore" Items whose subject contains the phrase bobby moore.
Items with bobby in the subject line and with moore
subject:bobby moore
anywhere else in the document.
Items in which the display name bobby moore is on
cc:"bobby moore"
the Cc line.
Items in which the e-mail address
cc:[email protected]
[email protected] is on the Cc line.
bcc:bobby Items in which bobby is on the Bcc line.
Items that contain a category name that includes the
category:red word red. For example "Red category" or "Redo" or
"Redundant."
Items whose size is less than 10 kilobytes. Note the
messagesize:<10 KB
use of the "less than" comparison operator (<).
Type this To find this
Items whose size is larger than 5 megabytes. Note the
messagesize:>5 MB
use of the "greater than" comparison operator (>).
Items that arrived on 1/1/2016. Note the use of the
received:=1/1/2016
"equals" comparison operator (=).
Items that arrived yesterday. Instant Search also
recognizes the follow date values:

 Relative dates: For example, today,


tomorrow, yesterday
received:yesterday  Multi-word relative dates: For example,
this week, next month, last week, past month,
coming year
 Days: Sunday, Monday ... Saturday
 Months: January, February ... December

Items that arrived last week. Note that if you run this
received:last week query again a month from now you will obtain
different results because it is a time relative query.
due:last week Items that are flagged for follow up a due date.
messagesize:tiny Items whose size is less than 10 kilobytes
messagesize:small Items whose size is between 10 and 25 kilobytes
messagesize:medium Items whose size is between 25 and 100 kilobytes
messagesize:large Items whose size is between 100 and 500 kilobytes
Items whose size is between 500 kilobytes and 1
messagesize:verylarge
megabyte
followupflag:follow up Items that are flagged for follow up.
messagesize:enormous Items whose size is larger than 5 megabytes
hasflag:true Items that are flagged for follow up.
from:bobby (received:1/7/17 OR Items from bobby that arrived on either 1/7/17 or
received:1/8/17) 1/8/17. Note the use of parentheses to group the dates.
received:>=10/1/16 AND
Items that arrived between 10/1/16 and 10/5/16.
received:<=10/5/16
received:>10/1/16 AND
Items that arrived after 10/1/16 but before 10/5/16.
received:<10/5/16
sent: yesterday Items that you sent yesterday.
Items that you sent to bobby when you are searching
to:bobby
in the Sent Items folder.
Items that have not been read. You can also use
read:no
read:false to get the same results.
Items received from anyone during the month of May
subject:status received:May
(any year) where the subject contains status.
Type this To find this
Calendar items next week where the subject contains
startdate:next week subject:status
status.
is:recurring Calendar items that are recurring.
organizer:bobby Calendar items where bobby is the organizer.
category:business Items that are categorized as business.
firstname:bobby Contacts that contain bobby in the First Name field.
lastname:moore Contacts that contain moore in the Last Name field.
nickname:bobby Contacts that contain bobby in the Nickname field.
jobtitle:physician Contacts that contain physician in the Job Title field.
Contacts that contain 555-0100 in the Business Phone
businessphone:555-0100
field.
Contacts that contain 555-0100 in the Home Phone
homephone:555-0100
field.
Contacts that contain 555-0100 in the Mobile Phone
mobilephone:555-0100
field.
Contacts that contain 555-0100 in the Business Fax
businessfax:555-0100
field.
Contacts that contain 4567 Main St., Buffalo, NY
businessaddress:(4567 Main St.,
98052 in the Business Address field. Note the use of
Buffalo, NY 98052)
parentheses to enclose the address.
Contacts that contain 4567 Main St., Buffalo, NY
homeaddress:(4567 Main St.,
98052 in the Home Address field. Note the use of
Buffalo, NY 98052)
parentheses to enclose the address.
Contacts that contain buffalo in the Business City
businesscity:buffalo
field.
Contacts that contain 98052 in the Business Postal
businesspostalcode:98052
Code field.
Contacts that contain 4567 Main St in the Business
street:(4567 Main St) Address Street field. Note the use of parentheses to
enclose the address.
Contacts that contain 4567 Main St in the Home
homestreet:(4567 Main St) Address Street field. Note the use of parentheses to
enclose the address.
birthday:6/4/1960 Contacts that contain 6/4/1960 in the Birthday field.
Contacts that contain the URL www.contoso.com in
webpage:www.contoso.com
the Web Page Address field

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