Enable or disable the Instant Search feature

Enable Instant Search

Before you can enable Instant Search, the Windows Desktop Search components must be installed on your computer. If these components are not installed when you start Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, you will be prompted to download the software. After you download the software, you must restart Outlook to enable Instant Search.

Note: Windows Vista includes Windows Desktop Search. If you are using Office Outlook 2007 on a computer that runs Windows Vista, Instant Search is enabled automatically.

To enable Instant Search, click the message Click here to enable Instant Search in the Instant Search pane.

Disable Instant Search

Step 1)

On the Tools menu, point to Instant Search, and then click Search Options.

Step 2)

In the Indexing section, clear the check boxes under Index messages in these data files.

Clearing the check boxes disables search functionality but does not remove the Instant Search pane.