Link to Full Reader Search

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It sounds as if you want to use the Button Tool with the Action of Execute a menu item (Edit > Search).
If the PDF that has this button on it also has the PDX file mounted then, after clicking on the button, the search dialog will
default to a "Look In:" of this PDX.

To mount a PDX when a PDF opens go to the Document Properties Advanced Tab.
In the PDF Settings pane, use the Browse button to locate the desired PDX and select it.
The "Search Index:" line will now contain the path to this PDX.

Also, if using PDXs, consider a user help file that explains how to set Reader & Acrobat to always use advanced search options.
Go to Preferences > Search Category > Search pane > check the appropriate entry & "OK" out.Be well...

Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately, it is not working.

The button does work when I'm in 6.0 Pro editing the PDF, but when I open the PDF with Reader 8.0, clicking the button acts like I'm clicking on Edit/Find - not Edit/Search. In Reader when I click the button, the cursor goes up into the find box above the document. Oddly, when I'm in Reader and I use the menu to choose Edit then Search, then it opens the search pane and defaults the radio button to use my index - which is EXACTLY what I want, but I want the button click to do it.

As I mentioned in my first post, I have a PDF that does the search thing linke I want from a third party, but unfortunately it is protected from edit so I can't see what actions they put on the button. It works with the same Reader I am trying with my PDF, so it doesn't seem like it's a Preferences thing.

One last thing... when I'm setting the Execute menu item details, "Find" is not even in the Edit menu options. I wonder if I need a newer version of Acrobat Pro. Maybe in 6.0 the Search menu key stroke is Ctrl-F... IN FACT - I just checked and that is exactly what it is. In Pro 6.0 when editing the PDF, when I go to the Edit menu, it shows Search with shortcut key stroke as Ctrl-F and there is no Find option. That explains all of the things I have been seeing (like the button working in Pro 6.0 while editing the PDF). In Reader 8.0, Ctrl-F is Edit/Find.

So, I guess the question now is: In the latest Acrobat Professional version, does the Edit menu have Find and Search? Is the Find shortcut Ctrl-F and the Search shortcut Shift-Ctrl-F? I'll upgrade if it will make this work.

this tip should put you on track: create a bookmark or a hyperlink; in properties> actions select 'open file' and point to the pdx.

BINGO! Thank you so much.

I got a little nervous when it had the path to the PDX hard coded in the properties of the open file action, but when I moved the PDFs to another directory, it still worked.

Thanks again everyone. These forums are fantastic!