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Does anyone have an issue with their "open existing file" search function? If I create a document using pages, numbers, or keynote, I can search for it using finder or spotlight but not with the search feature under "open existing file" window of iWorks. Is this an issue with iWorks?

Sae Ro wrote:
Does anyone have an issue with their "open existing file" search function? If I create a document using pages, numbers, or keynote, I can search for it using finder or spotlight but not with the search feature under "open existing file" window of iWorks. Is this an issue with iWorks?
Hi Sae Ro,
There are no issues with "iWorks," unless you consider non-existence an issue. The application suite is called "iWork" (no 's').
I tried several searches with the Open dialogue in Pages '09 tonight, and got the expected results.
When I searched file names, any file openable by Pages whose name included the search string showed up in the list.
When I searched using a files extension (.pages, ,cwk, ,doc, etc.) I got lists of files IF the extension belonged to a type of file that Pages can open, and no results when the extension belonged to a type of file (.numbers, .xls) not openable with Pages.
Regards,
Barry

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I wrote that iWork applications, when delivered as a single package, must be stored together in a given folder for such process.
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