Since OfficeTalk lets you hide tasks in task folders and under parent tasks, it can sometimes be a little difficult to find a particular task. To overcome this, OfficeTalk provides a way of searching for tasks.
To search for one or more tasks, select Search Tasks… from the Search menu in Diary mode. The Search Tasks dialog box is displayed.
You may choose whether to search on just the Name field, on All text fields (including the task notes) or on all task fields. You can do this by making the relevant selection from the Field drop down list.
Enter some search text into the Text field. If you wanted to search for all tasks containing the word 'report' in any field then select the options in the Search Tasks dialog box as shown below:
Press the Search button to begin the search. OfficeTalk will search for the specified text and will add any matching items to the Results list. You may view the actual record associated with any of the results by selecting the appropriate result from the list and pressing the Goto button. OfficeTalk will open the relevant folder or parent task, if necessary, and will select the corresponding task in the Task List window.
You may search on a specific field by performing an advanced search. For more information, see Searching for Data.