Adobe 22002484 User Guide - Page 312

USING ACROBAT 9 STANDARD 307 Searching and indexing Search index files of cataloged PDFs A full-text index is created when someone uses Acrobat to define a catalog of PDFs. You can search that index rather than running a full-text search of each individual PDF in the catalog. An index search produces a results list with links to the occurrences of the indexed documents. Note: To search a PDF index, you must open Acrobat as a stand-alone application, not within your web browser. In Mac OS, indexes created with some older versions of Acrobat are not compatible with the Acrobat 9 Search feature. If you have upgraded recently, update the index before using Acrobat 9 to search. 1 Choose Edit > Search. 2 Type the search text, and then click Use Advanced Search Options. 3 For Look In, choose Select Index. 4 Select an index from the list, or click Add and add an index. Repeat as needed. Note: To read file data about a selected index, click Info. To exclude an index from the search, select it and click Remove. 5 Click OK to close the Index Selection dialog box, and then choose Currently Selected Indexes from the Look In menu. 6 Proceed with your search as usual. Note: Selecting the Match Whole Word Only option when searching indexes significantly reduces the time taken to return results. More Help topics "Search features preferences" on page 307 Search features preferences In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Search. Ignore Asian Character Width Finds both half-width and full-width instances of the Asian language characters in the search text. Ignore Diacritics And Accents Finds the search terms with any variation of the alphabetical characters. For example, typing cafe finds both cafe and café. Likewise, typing café finds both versions. If this option isn't selected, typing cafe doesn't find café, and vice versa. Always Use Advanced Search Options Makes the advanced options available in the Search window, in addition to the basic options. Show Document Title In Search Results Displays document titles in search results. If a document does not have a title, displays the filename. When unselected, displays filenames in search results. Enable Search Highlights From External Highlight Server Enables highlighted search results when using an external server, such as a web-based search mechanism. Maximum Number Of Documents Returned In Results Limits the search results in the Search PDF window to a specific number of documents. The default value is 500, but you can enter any number from 1 to 10,000. Range Of Words For Proximity Searches Limits the search results to those in which the number of words between the search terms isn't greater than the number you specify. Accepts a range from 1 to 10,000. Enable Fast Find Generates a cache of information from any PDF that you search. This cache reduces subsequent search times for that PDF. Last updated 9/30/2011