Windows 10: how to search keywords inside a docx document??

I mean. I have many many docx documents under a directory. I can remember there is one keywords in the lines of the document, but I don't know which document it is. And the filename does not contain the keyword. How can I find out which document it is among many docx files

For example. I've got 100 files and their filenames are 1.docx 2.docx 3.docx ..... 100.docx

and I know in one of the files there are keywords "Happy", but I don't know which file it is, but I don't want to go over each file and search for it otherwise ti will be very painful

:)

 

Looking for specific file format on Windows 10

In the Search Bar in Explorer, type:

content:<keyword> file:*.docx

Good Luck,

Keith

 

Searching for keywords

I am coming from Blackberry. I used keywords in my contact database extensively to find a contact by occupation or keywords. how can that be done on windows 8

 

I don't use it, but I thought the standard Windows search capability would do that, if you had indexing turned on.

Have you tried it--or any other tool?

 

Have a look here
voidtools

 

That's a fabulous tool and the only search tool I use.

But it finds file names only. Not words within files----unless the newer versions have that capability.

Edit:

Hmm....maybe it will. The current help file says:

Content Searching

Warning: content searching is extremely slow.
File content is not indexed.

So I don't know how well it works in practice for file contents--compared to the Windows tool.

 

Tsw88,

• Open File explorer
• Go to your C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents folder
• If you know that all the relevant docx files are within, say, C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\AllMyStuff then go to that folder but otherwise just stay at C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents
• In the upper-right of the File explorer window [inline with the folder address bar] you will see another box, an entry box, showing Search Documents {or whatever is the name of the folder you are in}.
• Type your search term Happy in there. You do not need to use any special syntax, just enter the search term.
• You will see the search starting to give returns even while you are still typing out Happy.
• The search includes all subfolders.

Denis

 

unnecessary . windows itself done. thanks anyway.