Outlook has two Finds: the simple Find which displays a Find pane above your message or item lists and Advanced Find which opens the Advanced Find window. Many times, you can find what you need using the simple Find and it searches multiple folders and items types.
Tips to improve your searches:
- Use commas to separate multiple keywords. (This OR’s the keywords together.)
- Use the Options menu at the far right to search all text. With this option unselected, only a limited number of fields are searched–the fields depend on the item type, but are generally restricted to the Subject and From field.
- Select the folders to search in using the Search In menu following the Look for box.
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i have just upgraded from Outlook 2003 to 2007. i want to find all emails “sent” to a person and “received” from that person. i can get the sent to but not the received from but going into the “related” option. how do i do this?
Would a search folder meet your needs? (If you will be reusing the search, a search folder IS better). There is a pre-defined search folder for Mail from and to specific people.
Right click on Search folders and choose New to create a search folder.