Microsoft KB Archive/133147

= Office: Search Subfolders Option Not Selected in Open Dialog =

Article ID: 133147

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q133147



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Open dialog box in a Microsoft Office application, or when you click the Open A Document button on the Office toolbar, by default, the Search Subfolders feature is not selected. The files displayed in the Open dialog box are only those files found in the current folder, not including files found in any subfolders in the current folder.



CAUSE
This behavior is by design of the Open dialog box in Microsoft Office. This reduces the amount of time it takes to display files in the Open dialog box. When you select the Search Subfolders feature in the Open dialog box, the Open dialog box displays the files that meet your search criteria in both the current folder and all subfolders. This feature remains selected when you click the New Search button; however, when you close the Open dialog box, and then use the Open dialog box again, the Search Subfolders feature is turned off again.

If your current folder in the Open dialog box is located on a network share (for example if you are running the application from the network), the amount of time it takes to display the files in the Open dialog box each time you want to open a file would be greatly increased by searching the subfolders.



MORE INFORMATION
To turn on the Search Subfolders feature, use either of the following methods:

Method 1
In the Open dialog box, click the Commands And Settings button, and then click Search Subfolders.

Method 2
In the Open dialog box, click the Advanced button. Click the Search Subfolders check box, and click Find Now.

