Outlook 2011 for Mac – can’t search items dated after 29Nov2012

10. December 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Hi.

I've just noticed an odd behaviour with Outlook 2011 for Mac.  I search for a word/sender/phrase etc.  in a set of mails in a folder.  The search only finds items created on or before 29 November.  For messages after this date the search result is blank - even if I cut and paste a word from the mail into the search box.  The search result is blank or only includes messages prior to 30Nov2012.

Just to be clear - if *** Email address is removed for privacy *** sent me a message about Doom on 28 Nov 2012 and a message about Doom on 6 Dec 2012 and they are still in my Inbox then a search for "xyzzy" or "dungeon" or "*** Email address is removed for privacy ***" or "Doom" will only return the 28 Nov message in the search results.

Spotlight finds all the messages OK  - and the Microsoft data folders are not in the Spotlight  Privacy box, so I don't think it's a Spotlight issue. There are no folders in the Spotlight Privacy box.

I've tried re-building the database with <option+click><rebuild>.  The rebuild reported a successful rebuild but the search behaviour is still as above.

MBA 10.7.5
Outlook 2011 14.2.5

Thanks in advance for any help.





I am unable to drag and drop email attachments into Outlook 2011 emails from an Outlook search screen.

13. August 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
If I run a search in Outlook Mac 2011, I am unable to drag any of the search result emails into an email I am drafting, All I get is an attempt to highlight multiple search results.  I am able to drag and drop from my Outlook mail folder (i.e., when I am not displaying search results).  This wouldn't be so bad if Outlook would allow me to "copy" one of the emails in my search results, but it won't.  Instead, I have to remember the date and folder in which the target email resides, go to that folder, and drag and drop it from there.  A real pain if you are trying to drag and drop multiple emails as attachments.  Help?