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Microsoft Outlook 2019 for Mac is Office launched by Microsoft 2019 One of the components，Outlook 2019 Mac is an email and calendar tool，Can be used to send and receive emails、Schedule、Manage contact information、Take notes etc.。So，How do you find items by performing a basic search in Outlook for Mac? Next，Follow the editor to see the specific tutorial!
Perform a basic search in Outlook
You can search within the current folder or view using the search box on the toolbar。
1. Go to the folder or view you want to search：For example "mail"、"Calendar" or "People"。
2. Enter search terms in the search box：Enter your search terms in the search box in the upper right corner of the Outlook window。Outlook will display search results on the Search tab。
•To conduct a comprehensive search across all Outlook files (regardless of folders or views)，Please select "All Projects"。This option is available in all views。
•Every time you switch views，You need to re-enter your search terms。
3. Select search scope：You can choose where to search based on folders or views。Available options include：
•mail：current folder、subfolder、All messages or all items。
•Current email：Search within the currently selected mailbox。
•calendar：current folder、all events or all projects。
•Contact person：current folder、All contacts or all projects。
•Task：current folder、All tasks or all projects。
•notes：current folder、All notes or all items。
4. Complete search：After viewing the search results，Click Close Search on the Search tab。
•Notice：If you don't click "Close Search"，The Search tab will remain active，The project list will continue to show search results，Even if you click on other tabs (like the Home tab)。
•Outlook searches for file names including attachments，but does not include the text in the attachment。
•To save searches as smart folders，Click Save Search on the Search tab，Then give the smart folder a name。
Search within project
1.Open project。
2.On the Edit menu，Point to "Find"，Then click "Find"。
3.Enter your search term in the Find box。Outlook will highlight the first occurrence of the search term within the item。
4.To find the next or previous instance of a search term，Please use the forward or back arrows。
Things to note：The keyboard shortcut for searching within a project is Command + F。
