Acrobat 9 - portfolio, collection or combine into one document

I have downloaded the trial of Adobe Acrobat 9 to see if would work for my project.  I have about 150-200 PDF documents that I created a portfolio for.  It works except I can't figure out how to do an advanced search (I have several FAQ documents that I need to do Boolean search).    I need to have everything in one place so aprox 60 can access through Adobe Reader.  Is portfolio the way to go or would another method be better?

Unfortunately, no Boolean Queries from within Portfolios.
Acrobat Help states:
"Boolean Query Uses the Boolean operators that you type with the search words into the What Word Or Phrase Would You Like To Search For box. Available only for searching multiple PDFs or PDF indexes.
Note: You cannot run wildcard searches using asterisks (*) or question marks (?) when searching PDF indexes. "
Nor will a Cataloged index, even if added to a Portfolio, be usable.
What will work:
Cobble together a parent / child directory set.
<parent>
....<child>
Build Portfolio(s).
Place in <child>
Create a Catalog index file (*.pdx); place in <parent>
For the PDX file, use "Add" to set path of PDFs to catalog to <parent>/<child>.
Build the Catalog index. The Portfolio PDF and its PDF contents will now be in the Catalog index.
Make a "search.pdf" file. Place in <parent>.
Open this PDF's Properties. In the Advanced tab, for 'Search Index', browse to and select the PDX file created above.
Save As.
Keeping 'search.pdf', the PDX, & PDX's associated catalog index directory/contents out of <child> provides a number of advantages.
However, one could take other approaches.
When search.pdf is opened it will "mount" the PDX file.
Use Edit > Search or Shift+Ctrl+F to open the advanced search dialog.
Or, if added to the toolbar, use the Binocular tool.
Boolean will be availabe (via drop-down menu for 'Return results containing:").
All other advanced search facilities will be available.
Place <parent> and all contents to a network share or burn to OSM.
(Catalog indexes are won't be available if in web space).
When users open "search.pdf" all Portfolio(s) in <child>, having cataloged, will be subject to advanced search.
Be well...

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