SPS 2003 : How to enable your custom fields (columns) for search
Here you go for the steps to enalbe your custom fields to search.
Step 1: Add the custom column (EmpName) in the Shared Documents document library
Step 2: Add a document into the shared documents with custom column values
Step 3: Crawl the content database
Portal home page -> Site Settings -> Configure Search and Indexing - > Manage Content indexes -> Click Drop down button of Non_Portal_Content -> Start Full Update
Step 4: Add the custom properties in Advanced Search
Portal Home Page - >Site Settings -> Manage Properties from Crawled documents -> Expand urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office -> Click ows_EmpName -> In Search options, Select “Include this property in Advanced options” and select “Display this property in item details in search results” and click ok
Step 5: Crawled the content database
Portal home page -> Site Settings -> Configure Search and Indexing - > Manage Content indexes -> Click Drop down button of Non_Portal_Content -> Start Full Update
Now you can happily search for your custom column values