How to disable search as you type feature in Microsoft Outlook 2007

Microsoft Outlook 2007 provides option to display search results as we type the text in search box. This is a useful feature but some times you might not require this.

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And to disable this feature, click on the drop down arrow available in the search box. This would display the following menus

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Navigate to Search Options and click it open the Search Option dialog box.

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The search section has an option for enabling or disabling the display search results as I type. By un ticking the checkbox this feature can be disabled.

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DanMo July 11, 2009 at 5:58 pm

Hi, thank your very much for this tip. I often tried to disable Instant Search, but did not know how to. I use Lookeen and Instant Search was running at the same time.
Now Instant Search steals no more ressources of my machine and Lookeen needs nearly no ressources anyway…

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