Outlook Search Tricks
Outlook Search
Outlook has a powerful search feature ... if you know how to use it.
You can just type a name, but here are some common searches I use:
Subject
find an email with a certain word in the subject
EG: subject:"mike smith" will find email about mike smith not from or to him.
"From"
find an email from a specific person.
EG from:mike.smith will find email from mike.smith, not just emails that mention him or are sent to him
"received"
find an email received on a certain day
EG: received:=1/1/2016
EG received:yesterday
EG received:lastweek
"sent"
messages sent on certain day
EG sent:today
NOT
search for one instance but not another
EG: "homecoming NOT parade" will search for emails that mention homecoming but do not have the word parade in them.
(note that "NOT" must be all caps)