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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1635604" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>Open System Preferences » Spotlight. Make sure "Documents" is checked. Ditto for "Spreadsheets" and "PDF Documents" if she needs to search the contents of those. If they are checked, then toggle them off, then back on. Also check the "Privacy" tab. Are there any locations there where Spotlight is not allowed to search?</p><p></p><p>If that doesn't work, we may need to delete a preferences file to "reset" Spotlight back to default preferences, but we'll come back to that if need be. Try the above first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1635604, member: 38864"] Open System Preferences » Spotlight. Make sure "Documents" is checked. Ditto for "Spreadsheets" and "PDF Documents" if she needs to search the contents of those. If they are checked, then toggle them off, then back on. Also check the "Privacy" tab. Are there any locations there where Spotlight is not allowed to search? If that doesn't work, we may need to delete a preferences file to "reset" Spotlight back to default preferences, but we'll come back to that if need be. Try the above first. [/QUOTE]
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