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USING ACROBAT 9 STANDARD
Searching and indexing
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In the Search window, select All PDF Documents In. From the pop-up menu directly below this option, choose
Browse For Location.
Select the location, either on your computer or on a network, and click OK.
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To specify additional search criteria, click Use Advanced Search Options, and specify the options.
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Click Search.
During a search, you can click a result or use keyboard shortcuts to navigate the results without interrupting the
search. Clicking the Stop button under the search-progress bar cancels further searching and limits the results to the
occurrences already found. It doesn't close the Search window or delete the Results list. To see more results, run a new
search.
Search a PDF Portfolio
In a PDF Portfolio, you can search component PDF files as well as several other file types. Windows users can search
Microsoft Office documents (such as .doc, .xls, and .ppt), AutoCAD drawing file formats (.dwg and .dwf), HTML files,
and Rich Text Format (.rtf) files. Mac OS users can search Microsoft Word (.doc), HTML, and .rtf files.
Note: To enable Microsoft and AutoCAD file searches, the IFilters appropriate to the file types must be installed. IFilters
are typically installed with their applications, but can also be downloaded from product websites.
Open the PDF Portfolio in Acrobat on your desktop (not in a web browser).
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In the Search box on the PDF Portfolio toolbar, type the search text.
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To specify additional search criteria, open the pop-up menu, and specify the options.
The search results show all files where the text was found. For PDF files, expand the list to see the results in context.
Click a search result to go to the location of the text in the PDF. For other types of files, click Open to open and search
the file.
More Help topics
"About PDF
Portfolios" on page 102
"View and edit components of a PDF
Review search results
After you run a search from the Search window, the results appear in page order, nested under the names of each
searched document. Each item listed includes a few words of context (if applicable) and an icon that indicates the type
of occurrence.
Jump to a specific instance in the search results (single PDFs only)
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If necessary, expand the search results. Then select an instance in the results to view it in the PDF.
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To view other instances, do any of the following:
• Click another instance in the results.
• Choose Edit > Search Results, and then choose Next Result or Previous Result.
Sort instances in the search results
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Select an option from the Sort By menu near the bottom of the Search window. Results can be sorted by Relevance
Ranking, Date Modified, Filename, or Location.
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