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SUMMARYThe Find Fast Indexer is a utility that builds indexes to speed finding documents from the Open dialog box in Microsoft Office programs and from Microsoft Outlook. When you install Microsoft Office, a shortcut to Find Fast is placed in your startup program group. MORE INFORMATION
You can open the Find Fast Control Panel icon to create additional indexes
(for example, on a network drive), delete indexes, and set other options.
Although you can use Find Fast in the Control Panel, Find Fast indexes
Office documents automatically and requires no user interaction.
Description of the Index FilesFind Fast index files are located in the folder in the topmost level in the hierarchy of indexed folders. For example, if you index an entire drive, the index file is located at the root of that drive. Find Fast index files are hidden files. These index files and their functions are listed in the following table.
Because you create and maintain index files through Find Fast in the Control Panel, it's not necessary to work with these files directly. NOTE: Do not attempt to copy, move, or change the attributes of these file types. If you must delete or move a set of indexed folders, first delete the index through the Find Fast Control Panel icon, and then recreate the index after you move the folders. Index files typically require about 7 percent of the space of the text portion of the documents that are being indexed, or about 1 - 3 percent of the total document size. What Files Can Be Indexed?When you specify the type of documents to index in the Create Index dialog box, Find Fast includes the document types that are listed in the following table.
In addition to the Microsoft Office document types that are listed in the table, Find Fast can index the following document types if the associated conversion filters are installed and support minimal RTF mode: Lotus 1-2-3 version 2.x - 4.0NOTE: When you click All Files in the Create Index dialog box, Find Fast excludes file types that do not contain text, such as BMP, COM or EXE files. Creating an IndexYou can specify the file types to index only when you create an index. You cannot change the indexed file types for an existing index; you must delete the index, and then recreate it. To create a Fast Find index, use the following steps:
Deleting an IndexTo delete a Fast Find index, use the following steps:
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