File Search Assistant

Losing files is very common especially for inexperienced PC users. But even the best professionals sometimes make mistakes or simply forget location of files or path to the folders where important files are stored. People make mistakes which sometimes are very difficult to correct. Losing files in own computer looks pretty much like losing things in own apartment. You know every corner of it but still cannot find, for instance, you CD wallet.

When we are talking about losing files in PC we apply the same principle. We may know all folders and hard drives but for some reason cannot find necessary files, for instance, important draft agreements.

The situation is aggravated by global growth of information. Hardware producer always react on progress in the software and the Internet spheres, hitting the market with brand new hard drives with volumes from 350 or 500GB to 1 terabyte and more. Of course, this looks like looking for a pin in a haystack.

However, if you are armed with modern file search solutions you are ready to respond to modern challenges related to losing of files. File Search Assistant is a must in the toolkit of every professional working with huge amounts of information. This program is developed by AKS-LABS – a company which always makes complex things available for ordinary PC users.

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Search inside text to find missing data

So, what are key features/benefits of File Search Assistant?

1. File Search Assistant is easy to use. The program has a user friendly interface, help menu and a file search wizard which will help you perform all necessary actions to find missing files.
2. At the same time File Search Assistant is an effective file search engine with a handful of additional features and search criteria.
3. One of the main advantages of File Search Assistant is Preview functions which does all the hard work for you. When you get results in the search list there may be several files that fits into search criteria. In order to choose the file you need you can simply click on it and preview either some or all paragraphs containing keywords.
4. You can apply standard Windows functions to the files in the search result list by clicking on a right mouse button.
5. File Search Assistant has additional search criteria such as search by date, size and mask (file type).
6. Search sessions can be saved and restored.
7. You can create search indexes and File Search Assistant will remember path to the source folder.

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Perhaps there is not a single person who regularly uses computer and who has never lost a single document in his life. Losing documents and files in own computers is like losing things in own house. It seems that you know every corner of your apartment or house but you cannot find something that you need. The same “theory” is applied to losing files in computer. You think that you know all folders in your PC but when it comes to file search you realize that you do not know anything.

What are the best ways to look for missing files? You operating system already contains search tool which can be rather effective under certain conditions. However, if you possess little information on the missing files or you are an inexperienced PC user such search tool may be not helpful.

Of course, you may waste the entire day to look for missing files by yourself. But what if you have only 5 minutes? What if you have a 350GB hard drive full of folders with similar information and files?

This is where File Search Assistant can help you. This powerful file search engine does not require any special knowledge and experience so even a blondie can use it. With File Search Assistant you will understand that effective software should not necessarily be expensive and complex.

File Search Assistant is simple and this is perhaps one of its key advantages. Besides, the program has a Help menu as well as file search wizard which will guide you through entire comparison process.

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Use find by mask option to search inside excel spreadsheets

What files types are lost more often that the others? Of course these are documents. As known, Excel spreadsheets are widely used in business to make accounting reports, pricelists, lists of products or personnel etc.

With a number of converters File Search Assistant can open Excel files and look for keywords inside spreadsheets. This is very convenient as having specified key words and file mask (file type; in our case xls) you will require very little time to find missing xls files.

In order to look for a particular file type you need to start a customized search, i.e. search for files by mask. This will narrow search results and save you some time.

Thus, if you know a few words that missing Excel files contain there is no problem in finding them with File Search Assistant. Besides, you will be able to preview files to make sure you got what you have been looking for.

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Perhaps all PC users are sometimes using MS Excel. This program does so much hard work for us. There are many mathematical operations that require much time. Excel does this job within seconds. Thus, it is widely used by accountants, financers, sales manager and ordinary office clerks.

As a rule xls files contain very valuable financial information – prices, figures, financial and economic forecasts etc. Normally, loss of Excel files can cause serious problems, especially if no copies of the original document have been made.

These days, search for lost files in a hard drive may be very difficult. There are several reasons which make this process rather challenging. The first one is growth of information volumes worldwide which is explained by the Internet revolution. The second one is increase of hard drive volumes. It is really difficult to look for Excel spreadsheet which is hidden at some folder in a 350-500GB hard drive.

Traditional search methods may yield no results, especially if you are looking for xls files and you have very little information about them. In such a case you need to use special file search systems like File Search Assistant developed by AKS-LABS.

Why use exactly this software? Well, you will have a definite answer to this question after using File Search Assistant for several minutes. You do not need any special knowledge or skills to successfully operate this program. Thus, even if you are not very experienced in computers File Search Assistant will not be a problem for you.

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Choose FSA to search xls files

So, in order to search xls files you need to run File search Assistant, enter key words which you think missing files may contain and perform a customized search. What is it? Customized search is a search by mask. Thus, all you need to do is to enter file extension which is *xls* in Excel.

File search Assistant will do the rest of the job for you. Sure, if you have additional information on the missing xls files, you can use search by size or date.

For example, if you know for sure that the document was created yesterday you may set relevant parameters. The good news is that you can even set a time span, i.e. interval of time during which the file was created.

If a missing xls file is particularly large or small and you are aware of its size then use this info to narrow search results in File search Assistant.

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We are living in the Internet and IT age. It was hard to imagine 10 years ago that progress of IT and Web technologies would be so fast. It is explained by the fact that hardware, software and Internet industries are interrelated. As known new programs require more powerful computers and vice versa. Internet users are becoming increasingly pickier and thus developers introduce new services which require both new hardware and software. Volumes of information are continuously growing. It is really difficult to imagine what hard drives will be produced in 10 years. Will 1 terabyte hard drive disc be considered typical and ordinary? Who knows.

With growing volumes of information it is difficult to look for missing files. File sizes are getting larger with every coming day. If you lost a file in your PC and you do not have much information on it, then finding such a file may become a problem. This problem can not always be resolved with the help of Windows search tool. And forget about manual search. This is a stone age method which is a waste of time.

Do you really want to avoid problems with file search and eventually find the files or documents you have missed? If the answer is positive then File Search Assistant is just for you. And yes, we forgot to say that you probably do not want to overpay. And perhaps you want to use a simple program which does not require college degree in IT technologies to operate it : )

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Have you lost a document? Use FSA to find inside file

File Search Assistant is at your disposal. The first thing you should pay your attention to is simplicity of the program. There are no complex menus, no special terms and unknown commands. If you feel free in Windows OS you will need several minutes to get accustomed File Search Assistant.

There are not myriad of options and buttons in File Search Assistant. But at the same time you may set the most precise search criteria. If you are looking for a particular file type then you should perform a customized search or search by mask. If you are aware of the date missing files were created, modified or accessed then use search by date feature (it is even possible to set a particular time span). In case missing files are especially large or small you may narrow search results by using search by size option.

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It is difficult to find an office clerk who does not use MS Office in his or her work. Indeed, this family of products from Microsoft has become a must in every office and home computer. While office managers and secretaries mostly use MS Word, Excel is designed for those who work with number. Thus, xls files are used to make pricelists, accounting reports, all sort of financial documents etc. Imagine what problems an accountant might have if he loses Excel file or files with important figures!

As known most pricelists are made in xls format. Spreadsheets are downloaded to servers and thus prices are updated online. Losing documents is very common as sometimes we forget file locations. It is not easy to find missing Excel files, especially if you do not know much about them.

To solve such a problem, use File Search Assistant which can correctly open Excel docs and look for the keywords inside the files. The firs thing that will surprise you when you start using File Search Assistant is that the program is really very simple. However, this simplicity should not make you think that File Search Assistant will not solve its tasks.

First of all, it needs mentioning that File Search Assistant has converters which enables the program opening certain file types and thus look for keyword inside the docs. File Search Assistant can open MS Office documents, (including Excel and PowerPoint), HTML pages, Open Office files and Adobe Acrobat docs.

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Use FSA to search excel files

When you have search result listed, you can preview any of them by clicking on a file. Preview function will save your time as you do not have to open file by file to make sure this is exactly the document you need. It may happen that you have 20 documents that fit into search criteria.

In case you possess additional information on the files then you can use additional search criteria. They are search by size, date and mask. Let’s review each criterion.

Search by size is only then helpful when you know approximate size of the missing files. Thus, for instance, if you are sure that the files you are looking for a particularly large or small (or maybe you know exact file size) then search by size option will certainly narrow search results.

Search by date is helpful when you know approximate date when the missing files were created, modified or accessed.

Search by mask is looking for missing file of particular type or types.

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If you are an experienced PC user who uses computers at work on an everyday basis you should be familiar with the situations when you cannot find a certain file or file version. It often happens that files search becomes very complicated due to several factors. One of them is volumes of information stored at in computers. Every year producers enter the market with larges hard drives. In such a way they keep pace with development of the Internet and software industry. New file types require more disc space. Besides, the Internet contributed to rapid development of hardware industry. The Internet made it possible to exchange huge volumes of information. In such a way, information became accessible for all people having Internet at home or in office.

Sometimes it is very difficult to find files if you forgotten where you initially saved them. But what can you do in situation when you know very little about the missing file? What if your computer is full of similar files (for instance this is a typical contract or a typical text you use in your work)? What if you know only the document/file type and the date it was created? Will Windows search option be helpful in such a case?

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Search inside xls with FSA

In such cases the only thing that can save you is an automated file search system. Do not waste your time looking for complicated and expensive file search programs. You have an opportunity to evaluate power of File Search Assistant developed by AKS-LABS. This program will prove you that simple file search systems can at the same time be effective.

File Search Assistant is a kind of search program that can look for keywords inside certain file types. This file search system has several converters which make it possible to open such file types as MS Office documents (including Excel and Power Point extensions), popular Open Office files, HTML pages and PDF documents often used in offices. Thus, if the only thing you remember about your missing files is the word “offer” File Search Assistant will find all relevant files containing such a keyword.

Moreover, if you know file type and approximate sire of the file, your chances to find it will increase as you can use search by mask (you will be asked to enter file extension, for instance xls).

In general, File Search Assistant will compile a list of relevant files abstracts of which you can preview to choose the file you need.

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