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Multi-PDF Portfolio Searching Speed

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2010-07-28 00:36:50
mickikooi
Registered: Jul 27 2010
Posts: 1

I have created a multi-PDF Portfolio using Adobe Pro 9 (81 individual pdf documents averaging around 10MB each). It looks incredible and works very well, except for one thing. The search speed is horrible! My intent is to burn the portfolio file onto a DVD and provide to our customers, but there is no way we can do so with the search working as it does now.

I have been trying to figure out how to create an embedded index, such as I have seen done using the Catalog feature, but cannot figure out how to make it work with a Portfolio viewed with Adobe Reader.

Can anyone help me figure out how to solve this problem? Am technically adept for the most part, but cannot do programming so if there is a relatively simple method that will be easy to implement for me (and intuitive for my customers to use, very important) I appreciate being pointed in the right direction.

Thanks!

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.3.1, Windows
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2010-10-04 13:52:52
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crawlspeed
Registered: Oct 4 2010
Posts: 1
You can embed the index and it will index all the attached files. Just open your portfolio and go to Advanced>Document Processing>Manage Embedded IndexIt will tell you there is no embedded index, then just build it. It will scan all the attached files, will speed up your search a lot.

-Dave
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2010-10-04 16:26:13
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daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Something to play with —
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Create a "parent" directory and a 'Portfolio' child directory.
Place a PDF, with page content that tickles your fancy, in the parent directory.
Place any Portfolio PDFs in the child directory.
Create a catalog index that 'crawls' the Portoflio sub-directory content.
Save the PDX to the root of the parent directory.
The PDF Portfolio's 'in residence' PDFs are, fundamentally, attachments within the Portfolio PDF.
Their content will be part of the cataloged index.
Once the PDX is made, open that PDF in the root of the parent directory.
Open its document properties and go to the Advanced tab.
2nd 'line' down lets you browse to and 'mount' the PDX to the PDF.
When the PDF is opened, the PDX wll be opened too.
Currently updated releases of Reader/Acrobat wll display an alert.
Users can click to continue - now one can use advanced search (vice 'find').
Results are faster for search queries.
'Parent' directory and all its content can be burned to CD/DVD for distribution.
What will become the choke point is the read speed of a users CD/DVD play device.
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Be well...

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