Searching For Specifics - Adobe ACROBAT 9 HOW-TOS Manual

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You can fine-tune a search using the Advanced Search options, or search
for content such as keywords or metadata. Click the Use Advanced Search
Options link at the bottom of the basic Search window to display addi-
tional searching parameters. To search the text in the document, type
the word or words in the "What word or phrase would you like to search
for?" field. Search using any combination of words or phrases, or you can
use a Boolean query. Search using content other than a document's text,
including bookmarks, attachments, and indexes. (Refer to #8, "Building
and Applying an Index, " to see how indexes are used.) A search can be
conducted in a folder, a PDF Portfolio, or even a PDF Portfolio's attach-
ments (check out Chapter 4 to learn about Portfolio creation).
Figure 7a shows the Search window for a search based on keywords
rather than text in the document. You can use up to three additional
search parameters.
Use the pop-up menus below the "Use these additional criteria" label.
Click the pop-up menu on the left to display a list of options, as shown in
the figure. Select the search option you desire, and then click the pop-up
menu on the right and select a modifier. Finally, type the search term in
the field, such as the keyword you wish to search for. A green check mark
displays in the check box to the left of the criteria's fields.

Searching for Specifics

Figure 7a
words or phrases, search for files using
combinations of criteria such as keywords
or dates.
Rather than using simple
#7: Searching for Specifics
Searching in the
Neighborhood
Use proximity searching
along with the "Match Exact
word or phrase" option in
the Advanced Search win-
dow to find occurrences
of search terms within
900 words of each other.
Increase or decrease the
range of words for searching
in the Search preferences.
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