PDF Portfolio Search for keywords

Hello all,
I am trying to find out how you can search a pdf portfolio for keywords that I have added into pdf documents.
I have added the keywords through the document properties window.
It seems odd to be able to add keywords if you can't search for them - any help greatly appreciated
Thanks
Matt

Thanks, what a bummer . I was hoping for a fix or a freeware solution :P.
Is there a way to notify Apple about this? Keywords seem poorly designed, or at least not thought through, compared to other programs.

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===========
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Message was edited by: dchaparro
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up because the column this search is querying off of has,
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does not have to type the exact thing or groups of words together
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jamie61880 wrote:
> This only works if the user actually types in
"ghz%socket" into the search
> form. They're not going to know to do that though. I
would like to write this
> into the code somehow to catch things like this. Do you
have any other ideas?
> Thanks.
>
> Andy
>
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