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From: John A. Philips
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 15:39

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Is there a way to search a directory and subdirectories containing a bunch of PDFs (300+ to 1000+) for a given keyword(s) or text string? 

I know that Windows has the ability to search for files containing specified text, but the Windows search function does not work well with PDFs. I know this because I have tried it many times. I have a directory with 30 PDFs all containing a given keyword (and yes all PDFs have text highlightable and copyiable), yet the Windows search only returns 12 documents containing the keyword. (I have tried this several different ways.) 

I am open to all possibilites. Does the full Acrobat offer this? Is there a downloadable application? Etc.

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