Finder cannot search word document contents osx 10.8.3

Dear all--
I just got a new computer with osx 10.8.3. I would like to search current folder for a particular word in a microsoft word document. The finder window has an option for 'contents', but can only see this word in .pdf files, not any other file type. So I can't search! very bad. this worked perfectly well in 10.6
any help would be greatlly appreciated.

ok; I fixed my own problem (s). For those of you who might be experiencing this:
Updating OS from 10.8.3 to 10.8.5 seems to have fixed the search bug where finder could not see contents of files. not sure how this happened, and don't really care, though I would like to have my time back.
Also: you can get the colors back in your finder favorites icons (which makes finding an object infinitely faster by eye) using sideEffects app--free, brilliant, painless.

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