Please follow below steps to search words within attachment content only in Microsoft Outlook. Shift to the Mail view, and open the specified mail folder where you will search keywords in the attachment content only. Place the cursor in the Instant Search box to activate the Search Tools. See screenshot: 3. Click Search More Attachment Contains. See screenshot: And now the Attachment Contains box is added below the Instant Search box.
Please type the keyword you will search within attachment content only into the Attachment Contains box. Now emails whose attachments contain the specified keyword are found out and listed in the mail list at once. Note: You can also type attachment:yourkeyword (please replace yourkeyword with the specified keyword as your need) into the Instant Search box to search keywords in attachment content only in Outlook. See screenshot: Demo: Search words within attachment (content) in Outlook.
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With the Windows release of Outlook 2016, attachments just got a whole lot better. You can now skip the hassles associated with finding and sharing files, regardless of whether you were working on them on your computer, phone or tablet. Workaround: Outlook 2011 SP1 (With autodiscover record in place) will download an offline address book. It will be listed as ACCOUNTNAME Directory. This is a 24-hour old copy of the global address list. Notes do not display attachments in Outlook 2011 for Mac. The issue doesn't affect Outlook.