Outlook 365 searchbar help

[PAGauthier]

Hello,

If im using the searchbar to search for 1234 but in the message its written PO1234, the searchbar wont be able to find it..

Is there a wildcard I can use in the search bar ?

Or is there any way that searching for 1234 will find PO1234 too ?

Thanks !

*Sorry for maybe being unclear, english is not my main language..

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Hi @PAGauthier,

In Outlook 365, you have the option to perform suffix wildcard searches using an asterisk (*). For instance, if you're looking for words starting with "car," you can type car* in the search bar.

Outlook does not support prefix wildcard searches (e.g., *car) or substring wildcard searches (e.g., *car*).
This means that a search for "1234" won't include results like "PO1234."

Unfortunately, Outlook lacks a built-in feature for using wildcards in the manner you described.
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