What is Yahoo Desktop Search?
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What is Yahoo Desktop Search?
• Yahoo! Desktop Search is an indexing tool that enables you to find any of your files, emails, attachments, instant messages and contacts. Whether you're looking for something online or within your own personal stuff, Yahoo! Desktop Search helps you find it.
What is indexing?
• An index is a list of all the files on your computer. The list includes the location of your files and details about each file, such as file size. Changes you make to your files appear in the index through index updates.
Running Yahoo! desktop
1. Double Click the Icon on your desktop
2. Select from Start Menu
3. Run from System Tray
Yahoo Desktop Basics
Located here are your Search Types
You may quickly search for any of the following files.
Attachments
Contacts
Documents
Pictures
Located below is the search field.
Type in what you need and search
Results appear on the left
A preview pane is displayed on the right.
Above the preview pane you may:
Open the resultDelete the resultPrint the resultEmail the resultReply to the resultForward the result
Searching Emails
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Results are listed above Preview of email is listed on the right
You can refine email searches by
Who received the emailWhen the email was sent
Who sent the email
Document SearchSelect the Documents Tab
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When searching for documents Yahoo searches through both document names and document contents
Searched within document
Titled Document
You can also refine your document search by:
Document name
Document type
Date document createdDocument size
You may also scan through all indexed items by selecting the All tab
This will scan all Email’s, attachments, contacts, documents, and pictures located on the PC.
If you encounter any problems while running Yahoo! Desktop Search please email [email protected] or call 559-787-8780 ext. 8730 and let us know so we may walk you through whatever issues you may have encountered.