An index search lets you
search more quickly through folders, because a pre-built index is used
widen the search by defining a set of folders and
sub-folders to be searched
narrow the search, using standard and/or custom
defined fields from the PDF Properties.
To search an index
Open the Search dialog box.
Type in a search phrase.
Choose Currently
Selected Indexes or Select
Index from the Look In drop-down list. For the latter case,
the Index Manager dialog box will appear.
In the Index Manager dialog box,
click Add
and in the Open dialog box and select an index. Then click Open, or
if the Index Manager already contains the index
file you want to use, select it, then click OK.
From now on, the index just selected becomes
the Currently Selected Index.
Click >>
Advanced to use additional search criteria. For details, see
Selecting Search Options.
Click Search.
The Results list will contain the occurrences.
Click a result in the list to display the page containing
the found search phrase highlighted.
Note
There is one more option in index search, the Stemming
option. This option is only available when searching index files. Use
this option to find all words that have the same root. For instance, type
in “look” to find “looks”, “looked”, “looking” etc. Wildcard characters
(*, ?) cannot be used with this option.
Match Type
Match exact word or phrase
Searches for precise matches for the whole
string of characters, including spaces, in the order given in the Search
For box. For example, if you type ”PDF Professional”, the result will
list only instances of ”PDF Professional”, when both words appear in the
given order.
Match any of the words
Searches for any instances that contain at
least one of the words you type in the Search For box. For example, if
you type ”at all”, the results include any instances in which one or both
of the two words appear: at, all, at all, or all at.
Match all of the words
Searches for instances that contain all the
words you type in the Search For box, but not necessarily in the same
order. For example, if you type ”at all”, the results include instances
of at all and all at.
Boolean query
Searches for terms or phrases you indicate
using Boolean operations.
Boolean Query can only be available in multiple-document searches, but
not in single-document searches.
