Custom Search combo boxes are used to search for Outlook items by
entering user defined search criteria into the search input box of the
currently selected search engine. Custom Search combo boxes are one
of four types of Search Combo Boxes available in
Categorize Plus and are added to the Categorize Plus Toolbar by selecting Search
Menu Items from the Categorize Plus Search Menu. The example at the end of
this help topic illustrates how to add a Custom Search combo box to the
toolbar. For more information on how to create Custom Search
Menu Items and add them to the Search Menu, then please refer to the
Building
Menus help topic. Note: The Categorize Plus Search Menu and Search Combo
Boxes are only available when a compatible search engine is installed in
Outlook. Please refer to the Search Engines help topic for more
information regarding the alternative search engines and their use with
Categorize Plus. Applying a Custom Search The text stored in the criteria field of Custom Search Menu Items represent
a user defined search query string that can be entered directly into the
search input box of the currently selected search engine. When a Custom
Search Menu Item is selected from the Categorize Plus Search Menu, then
Categorize Plus reads the query string that is stored in the menu item's
criteria field. Categorize Plus will then look for the respective
search engine's text input box that is located in the search engine's
toolbar. If found, Categorize Plus will then automatically write the
selected search criteria into the text input box and execute the search
command. This will cause the respective search engine to execute the
search. Please refer to the Search Engines help topic for more
information regarding the use of these alternative search engines
with Categorize Plus. To learn how to assign a custom search query
string to the criteria field of a Custom Search Menu Item, then please
refer to the Custom Search Criteria help
topic. Additional information that applies to this Help
Topic Additional Help Topics Regarding Search Combo
Boxes Example of Adding a Custom Search to the
Categorize Plus Toolbar: See Also Categorize Plus Toolbar | Search
Combo Boxes | Category Search | Email
Address Search | Standard Search | Search Menu | Building Menus
| Feature
Comparison
If you are
using Outlook 2007 and wish to learn more regarding how Instant Search is
used in Outlook, then click
here to open a Microsoft Outlook help topic that
explains how to find messages using Instant Search.
Search Combo Boxes that are displayed in
the Categorize Plus Toolbar are identified by the Remove Search Combo Boxes
command button. Combo boxes just to the right of this command button are
Search Combo Boxes. Please refer to the Search
Combo Boxes help topic for more detailed information
on identifying Search Combo Boxes.
Whenever a child Menu Item is selected
from within a Standard Menu Hierarchy, then both the child Menu Item and the
parent Menu Item are simultaneously added as combo boxes to the Categorize Plus
Toolbar. Conversely, when a child Menu Item is selected from
within a Group Menu Hierarchy, then the parent group Menu Item is not added to
the toolbar. To learn more regarding the behavior of Standard and Group
Menu Hierarchies, then please refer to the Standard Menu Hierarchy and
Group Menu
Hierarchy help topics.
Custom Search combo boxes can be added to the
Categorize Plus Toolbar as part of a Group Menu
Hierarchy. Please refer to the Group Filters and Searches help topic
for to learn how group Search Combo Boxes behave when searching Outlook
items.
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