Vista - Finding tagged files

I would like to be able to find picture files using my tagged names rather
than going through the folders when outside of photo gallery (ppt, mail, etc).
It seems odd that this does not work? Attaching a picture to an e-mail is
just hard work when you have 185 folders and 7,800+ photos to search through?
Please sort it.
A tag hierachy option must be easy enough to build in?


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This works today. If you open your explorer window in Vista and simply type
in a tag name in the search box in the upper right hand conner, then it will
find all the files with that tag. You can then do a stack by tag to see
virtual folders that are grouped by tag.

In Outlook 2007 and PowerPoint 2007 they bring up the standard windoes box
that has the search box in it. It works great. Of course you files need to
be tagged.

"Neil" wrote:

> I would like to be able to find picture files using my tagged names rather
> than going through the folders when outside of photo gallery (ppt, mail, etc).
> It seems odd that this does not work? Attaching a picture to an e-mail is
> just hard work when you have 185 folders and 7,800+ photos to search through?
> Please sort it.
> A tag hierachy option must be easy enough to build in?
>
>
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> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
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> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...pictures_video

Neil,

File tagging is built into Windows Vista. Try windows Photo Gallery, for
example -- you can tag your photos hierarchically and use that program to
browse or filter your photo collection. Even better, the tags are written to
the picture files themselves, so other programs (like Adobe products, for
example) can read those tags as well.

Try these help topics for more information:

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...1bd141033.mspx
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...ad3821033.mspx


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Dave Johnson
Windows User Assistance team
Microsoft Corporation

Dear Dave, I'm not as good as the youth of Today when it comes to brain
retention. I am useing computers since the 80's. I just purchased a new Dell
with Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit, With a Dvd Burner etc. I know we
have plenty of info. on line, but I would prefer a hard manual similar to
Widows for dummies. Do you know if their are any publications I may purchase
that would help me with and the programs that came bundled with it. Window
Gallery, the Word processor, The Excell etc.
PS Dave, I would appreciate you sending me your reply to my E mail address .
Sincerely,
Mr. Anthony Baglio (not
quite over the hill yet.)

"Dave Johnson [MSFT]" wrote: