Greetings from Africa. I have technical bulletins/parts catalogs where there are PDX indexes showing the contents and headings. With Adobe 4.0 you can use the search engine, add the indexes to the search preferences, and get a more user friendly presentation of the search results. Can you do this with the free Adobe Reader 8.0?
Thanking you in advance for the advice!
Regards from Paul Vermeulen.
1. Open the Search window, type the words you want to find, and then click Use Advanced Search Options (near the bottom of the window).
2. For Look In, choose Select Index.
3. In the Index Selection dialog box, select an index, if the one you want to search is available, or click Add and then locate and select the index to be searched, and click Open. Repeat as needed until all the indexes you want to search are selected.
Note: You can read file data about a selected index by clicking Info, and you can exclude indexes from the search either by selecting them and choosing Remove or by clearing the check box for that index.
4. Click OK to close the Index Selection dialog box, and then choose Currently Selected Indexes on the Look In pop-up menu.
5. Proceed with your search as usual, selecting other options you want to apply, and clicking Search.
Note: Selecting the Match Whole Word Only option when searching indexes significantly reduces the time taken to return results.
Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.