I've been wondering the same. Don't have an answer for you but would also like to know if someone knows how..

Hi visual.chutzpah,

Can you use this?

" " (quotes) Used to search for an exact phrase.
name:"TPS report" Tasks containing the phrase TPS report.

Regards,

Arvid

Nope that doesn't work - nor does a search for "do " (note the trailing space OR " do " (leading and trailing space - I suspect the phrase is being trimmed prior to the search

Hi visual.chutzpah,

It's only possible to search for whole words, sorry (we don't have anything like wildcard searches for task names).

Emily - I think you misunderstand I WANT a whole word search, but that's not what I'm getting - example

3 tasks
1. Do the Laundy
2. Clean The Condo
3. Fix The Doorjam

http://skitch.com/visualchutzpah/u4he/remember-the-milk-visual-s-tasks-1.jpg-100-layer-1-rgb-8

I would expect that a search for 'do' would only return #1 you can see by the screenshot - it returns all three - it's clearly not searching for whole words..

Oops, sorry -- reverse what I said!

It's not possible to search for whole words only.

Perhaps I shouldn't be responding to forum posts that close to 3am (she says at 4am... :)

Do you think this is a feature that we can look forward to, it would seem to me that with the wealth of advanced serach options RTM has - that a whole word search would be a no-brainer..