Outlook Tips

Learning Microsoft Outlook One Tip At A Time

Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

Tip 138: Using OR Operator

Search for messages to or from multiple people by using the OR operator in
the To and From field in the Advanced Find's first tab. You can substitute a comma for OR.

From: microsoft.com or cdolive.com
From: microsoft.com, cdolive.com

Notes:
Also works with Automatic Formatting, Views, and Search Folders (OL2003)
dialogs.
You can use the OR operator or comma in many of the other fields in the
search dialog when you need to search for multiple words.

Published May 31, 2004. Last updated on July 18, 2011.

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