Searching Across Multiple PDF Documents

My purchase of an iPad hinges on this feature: is it now possible, or will it be possible in the near future to search for specific text across multiple stored pdf documents within Adobe Reader on iOS?

I have no solution, but a thought: the database factor may seem to be
a killer. But you could look for a solution designed to read PDF files
from a web site (by spidering or from a list), which would presumably
load them.
Or could do a one off extraction of the files from the database into a
directory and use that for your process. Probably a very good idea,
since extracting all files from the database is likely to be costly
and hammer the server (but can be scheduled at a sensible pace), while
the search process will (if it is possible at all) doubtless need to
be run countless times.
Aandi Inston

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Searching for links across multiple pdf files

We have thousands of pdf files that are being moved to a new website. Some of these pdf files have links within them (either as text or as a hyperlink). This number is unknown.
The issue is how to programmatically search across multiple pdf files (numbering in the thousands) looking for links using a regular expression or part of a path. This will have to be able to search behind the text and search for the link url.
We first need to identify the number of files with links and create a list of the files with links that need modifying. If the number is too great to modify manually, then we would need the ability to programmatically edit these links.
The pdf files are stored in a database. Also, the pdf files are different versions and some are password protected.
Is there an Adobe product that will perform this? If not, are there any 3rd party vendor products that will accomplish this?
Thanks in advance for your help.

I have no solution, but a thought: the database factor may seem to be
a killer. But you could look for a solution designed to read PDF files
from a web site (by spidering or from a list), which would presumably
load them.
Or could do a one off extraction of the files from the database into a
directory and use that for your process. Probably a very good idea,
since extracting all files from the database is likely to be costly
and hammer the server (but can be scheduled at a sensible pace), while
the search process will (if it is possible at all) doubtless need to
be run countless times.
Aandi Inston

How do I merge multiple pdf documents into 1 with my iPad ?

How do I merge multiple pdf documents into 1 with my iPad ? We are required by our customer 1 document that includes 4 different documents from different departments. Currently with our PC we can merge PDF files, excel or word files in to 1 PDF document. How can I do the same with our iPads and iPad minis using adobe?

blogs.adobe.com We are excited to announce that Adobe CreatePDF application is now available on iOS. With this, Adobe brings rich, high-fidelity and Acrobat-like PDF creation to the iOS devices. You can now convert all your documents on iPad, iPhone & iPod touch devices to PDF for reliable, secure sharing and viewing across PCs, tablets & Smartphones.
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I have a paid subscription, but am no longer able to merger multiple pdf documents into one pdf. What's up?

I have a paid subscription, but am no longer able to merger multiple pdf documents into one pdf. What's up?

Pat:
Below is a copy of an 8/7/2013 email from adobe. I prepaid a one-year subscription, and, until I recently upgraded to Windows 8, I was able to make several dozens of merged pdf documents. I seem to be no longer able to use the merge feature that I had successfully and repeated used. When I search for the merge feature I end up with a request that I pay for an upgrade monthly subscription to use the merge feature.
Tom
=================================here follows my subscription email====================================================
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[email protected] <[email protected]>
Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 1:01 PM
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Dear Thomas Corr,
Thank you for purchasing a subscription for Adobe ExportPDF.
Sign-in to export a PDF Now >>
With your subscription you can:
Enjoy unlimited online conversions from PDF to Word (DOCX).
Make scanned text editable.
Maintain page, paragraph, and font attributes.
Preserve tables, images, and multi-column text.
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Get help from Adobe on the Support Center.
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How do you can change the page size of a pdf in MAC? I have multiple pdf documents of different sizes that I want to combine.

Help. How do I change the page size of a pdf in MAC? I have multiple pdf documents in varying sizes I would like to combine and print.

There's no real need to do that. A PDF can have pages of different sizes.
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How do I bind multiple PDF Documents into one single document?

I am trying to bind multiple PDF documents into one single document can anyone please help me?

You would need Adobe Acrobat to do that. Reader doesn't have the ability.

Support for multiple pdf document with signature

I have a question about signatures.
Does the PDF specification support the combination of multiple pdf documents into one pdf document with the following constraint:
- each individual pdf document has been signed (by an X.509 certificate),
- the individual documents can come from different sources, so they have to be 'included' or merged into the final pdf,
- the final pdf document should not change the signatures of the individual documents.
So each part of the document should maintain the integrity of the individual components and the signature of the individual comnponents are still valid.
Does the pdf specification support this feature?
With kind regards,
Ernst Jan

What you want is called a PDF Package (or Portable Collection in the PDFRef) and is new in PDF 1.7. You can try it out with Acrobat 8.
Leonard

Convert a word document to multiple PDF documents

Hello
I would like to convert a word document to multiple PDF documents. (i.e. convert 20 page word document into 20 single page PDF's). Is it possible to do this easliy and quickly.
I have used word mail merge to create multiple cover letters in word
I would now like to convert each cover letter (which is 1 page each) into individialized PDF's so that I can email them out as attachments
I currently have been copying and pasting from my master word document into a fresh word document (one page at a time) then, saving, then converting to PDF one cover letter at a time. Although this works it is time consuming and I figured there may be an easier quicker way to do this
Any thoughts, suggesstions, would be greatly appreciated
Thanks

It is possible to convert the word document into a PDF then while the PDF is open do:
Document
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1-20
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How 2 search inside a PDF document using the firefox internal PDF reader

Cannot find any way to do a text search inside a PDF document when it is displayed by the builtin PDF player in Firefox.
If there is a way, how is it done?
If there isn't a way, it seems an obvious enhancement.

son of a gun. I've always searched in firefox by hitting slash and typing the search term, but that doesn't seem to work in the pdf reader. I guess, if I had searched for key bindings I coulda figured that out for myself.
thanks!

Unable to convert pdf to any other format. Tried cloud as well as acrobat reader. Reader error message "unable to contact service" and Cloud message "conversion error". I tried multiple pdf documents and checked security settings on all of them. Help Plea

nable to convert pdf to any other format. Tried cloud as well as acrobat reader. Reader error message "unable to contact service" and Cloud message "conversion error". I tried multiple pdf documents and checked security settings on all of them. Help Please!

Hi skydivingsnowman,
I'm sorry you're having such trouble using the ExportPDF service. What browser are you using?
Please try clearing your browser cache, or using a different browser (here's a list of supported browsers: http://www.adobe.com/acom/systemreqs/.
Please let me know if that works.
Best,
Sara

Keyword search across multiple folders

Is it possible to do keyword searches across multiple folders and drives in Bridge CS3? On disk I have organised my images by geographical location, but want to keyword them and search for them by theme. This will cut across several drives each with numerous folders and sub-folders. All the drives, folders and sub-folders are on the same pc, which is a stand alone machine and not networked.

With Bridge it will search multiple folders on the same drive, but don't think you can search across multiple drives (I read you can with Lightroom).
The search goes down the directory tree starting where you tell it. So therefore, start high enough to include all folders you want to look in.
If you have Vista you could search across multiple drives if they are indexed. Advanced search allows multiple keywords (tags), and it is very fast, much faster than Bridge.

Searching across multiple entity beans

Hi,
Currently we are doing a school project that involve a search function that involves multiple entity beans. Is it alright to use a SQL query to do a search across multiple entity bean? Does it violate the J2EE Specification?
Is there any other way to do that?
And also can the Session Bean access database directly ?
Thanks and Regards,
Eng Chew

Never try that myself, but I think it would work.
Because in your dd, you'll create 2 entry for each
entity bean.
For example:    <entity>
      <description>This is entity b</description>
      <ejb-name>entityA</ejb-name>
      <home>company.EntityHome</home>
      <remote>company.Entity</remote>
      <ejb-class>company.EntityA</ejb-class>
      ... etc ...
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      <description>This is entity b</description>
      <ejb-name>entityB</ejb-name>
      <home>company.EntityHome</home>
      <remote>company.Entity</remote>
      <ejb-class>company.EntityB</ejb-class>
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Search across multiple libraries

Does Version 1.0 permit searches across multiple Lightroom libraries?

I've been playing around with V1 this afternoon with respect to keywords and metadata. I've been working with jpg files and writing the metadata back to the file automatically via the preference setting. When I run a spotlight search none of the new metadata shows up. I have confirmed that the keywords and metadata are present in the jpg file by using Bridge. If I then add a keyword using Bridge all of the keywords that I had attached in Lightroom are visible to finder and spotlight searches.
Any idea what's up with this?

Search across multiple folders in the Mail application...

Is it possible to search across multiple folders using the Mail application in Windows 10? I can't seem to find that option.
Thanks in advance,
M

Hi Mapper99,
If you mean the following search:
You may click on the search icon on the top of the message list, then it will show out like the picture above, you could choose to search in the current folder, or you may choose All folders as listed.
It is almost the same settings in Windows 8.1, you may follow this guide for the other options:
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Slow Searching on Multiple PDFs

I am using Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional on a Windows XP PC which is on a Novell network.
I have a directory on a network drive that a dozen people need to have access to for the purpose of doing searches across all of the PDFs in the directory. We have 352 PDF documents split into 27 subdirectories. When I search the entire directory, the response is very slow. I used the catalog feature and built an index. Doing a search on the index is somewhat better, but still slow to response.
When I copy the entire directory to my local drive and do a search (whether with the index or based on the directory), it is MUCH faster.
Any ideas what could be hampering the performance of the search on a network drive? I can successfully search other full directories on network drives.
Thank you.

One more thought.... I just recently installed a 2nd
hard drive in my powermac and moved my itunes tracks
to the new drive. The only drawback is when my 2nd
hard drive goes to sleep and I haven't played
anything in iTunes for a while; there is a 4 or 5
second lag when I play the first track until the 2nd
drive kicks in. So I know having them on an
alternate drive can impact performance in iTunes.
Yes, I notice this lag too but that isn't too much of a problem because after it spins up, everything is up to speed except of course the searching. One would imagine that having a FireWire connection would be fast enough though.
One thing I may do when I get the chance is to rebuild the iTunes library. I can throw away the .xml file. Start up iTunes and then simply drag my music folders to the iTunes window and have it re/build the .xml file. That could work.
Thanks!

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