Searching multiple PDFs content

Hello,
quick rundown on the project;
One interactive PDF that references MANY other PDFs (self contained on a DVD). My boss now wants there to be a search function that allows the user to get from the top main PDF to the deepest level and be able to search THAT content fromt he main.
Example;
Adobe puts out a DVD with a 'main-rundown' 5-page PDF that talks about all new CS6 features... in that PDF there links to 'help guides' for each software. So on the disc there are a dozen or so PDFs. From the 'main-rundown' PDF how would you search for a phrase that is in one of the photoshop help files like "creating a mask"
Thanks for any help!

I would use the Catalog feature and build a full-text index to do this. Here is a link to a tutorial that explains how to do this.
Quick Tip: Creating Documentation Grpahics
[Click to watch on the AdobeTV site]

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directly into SharePoint folders including OCR and metadata.
Cheers,
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DATA:   gd_buffer                 TYPE string,
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hi , try this ,it is working fine .
DATA: i_objbin LIKE solisti1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
          i_objpack LIKE sopcklsti1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
          i_reclist LIKE somlreci1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
*          wa_doc_chng LIKE sodocchgi1,
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       i_objhead LIKE solisti1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
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      i_record LIKE solisti1 OCCURS 0 WITH HEADER LINE,
      wa_doc_chng LIKE sodocchgi1,
      v_lines_txt TYPE i,
       l_lines TYPE I VALUE '20'.
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      format        = 'PDF'
      max_linewidth = 132
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      bin_filesize = bin_filesize
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*         WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
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**    WINDOW_TITLE         =
**           DEFAULT_EXTENSION    = 'PDF'
**    DEFAULT_FILE_NAME    =
*           file_filter          = 'Portable Document Format (.pdf)' " for restricting saving file only as pdf
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*        filename             = file_name
*        path                 = file_path
*        fullpath             = full_path
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** MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
**            WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
*    ENDIF.
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******************eoc ranjan*****************
*break-point.
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*      filetype     = 'BIN'
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*      filelength   = file_size
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* IF sy-subrc <> 0.
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CLEAR : lop , el , sl , cl .
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DATA : desc TYPE char40 ,
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TABLES
t_source_tab = int_pdf_tab
t_target_tab = i_record
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convert_not_possible = 1
OTHERS = 2.
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i_objtxt = 'Hi'.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = '                                     '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = 'Pls find the attached salary slip ' .
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = ' '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = ' '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = ' '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = ' '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = ' '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = '         '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = ' '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = ' '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = '        '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = ' '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = '         '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = ' '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = ' '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = '         '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = ' '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = 'Regards: '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
i_objtxt = 'Corporate HR '.
APPEND i_objtxt.
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READ TABLE i_objtxt INDEX L_LINES.
wa_doc_chng-doc_size = ( L_LINES - 1 ) * 255 + STRLEN( i_objtxt ).
*Creating the entry for the compressed document
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i_objpack-head_start = 1.
i_objpack-head_num = 0.
i_objpack-body_start = 1.
i_objpack-body_num = L_LINES.
i_objpack-doc_type = 'RAW'.
APPEND i_objpack.
***CLEAR: i_objpack .
***i_objpack-transf_bin = ' '.
**i_objpack-head_start = 1.
**i_objpack-head_num = 0.
**i_objpack-body_start = 1.
**i_objpack-body_num = L_LINES.
**i_objpack-doc_type = 'TXT'.
**i_objpack-obj_descr = desc1 .
**APPEND i_objpack.
*CLEAR: i_objhead .
*i_objhead = DESC.
*APPEND i_objhead.
*break-point .
i_objpack-transf_bin = 'X'.
i_objpack-head_start = 1.
i_objpack-head_num = 1.
i_objpack-body_start = 1.
i_objpack-body_num = bin_filesize.
i_objpack-obj_name = 'Employee Payslip'.
i_objpack-obj_descr = 'Employee Payslip'.
i_objpack-doc_size = bin_filesize * 255 .
i_objpack-doc_type = 'PDF'.
APPEND i_objpack.
CONCATENATE 'Salary Slip of Month' p_month INTO desc SEPARATED BY ' ' .
*DESCRIBE TABLE i_objtxt LINES v_lines_txt.
*READ TABLE i_objtxt INDEX v_lines_txt.
****wa_doc_chng-doc_size = ( v_lines_txt - 1 ) * 375 + STRLEN( i_objtxt ).
wa_doc_chng-obj_name = 'Payslip'.
wa_doc_chng-expiry_dat = sy-datum + 10.
wa_doc_chng-obj_descr = desc.
wa_doc_chng-sensitivty = 'F'.
wa_doc_chng-doc_size = v_lines_txt * 255.
CLEAR i_objpack.
DATA: l_usrid_long TYPE pa0105-usrid_long.
DATA : emessage(70) TYPE c.
CLEAR : l_usrid_long.
SELECT SINGLE usrid_long
FROM pa0105
INTO l_usrid_long
WHERE pernr = git_pa0001-pernr
AND subty = '0010'.
*break-point.
IF sy-subrc EQ 0.
i_reclist-receiver = l_usrid_long.
i_reclist-rec_type = 'U'.
i_reclist-com_type = 'INT'.
APPEND i_reclist.
ELSE.
WRITE:/ 'No email id is maintained for this personnel number' , git_pa0001-pernr.
ENDIF.
IF NOT i_reclist[] IS INITIAL.
***************************************for senders id *************************************
CALL FUNCTION 'SO_DOCUMENT_SEND_API1'
EXPORTING
    document_data                    = wa_doc_chng
put_in_outbox = 'X'
   sender_address                   = 'xys'
   sender_address_type              = 'SMTP'
   commit_work                      = 'X'
* IMPORTING
*   SENT_TO_ALL                      =
*   NEW_OBJECT_ID                    =
*   SENDER_ID                        =
TABLES
packing_list = i_objpack
object_header = i_objhead
contents_bin = i_objbin
contents_txt = i_objtxt
receivers = i_reclist
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too_many_receivers = 1
document_not_sent = 2
document_type_not_exist = 3
operation_no_authorization = 4
parameter_error = 5
x_error = 6
enqueue_error = 7
OTHERS = 8.          .
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
*         WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.

How do I output a large Ai file as multiple PDFs (via views, pages, whatever)

I am working in FreeHand 10 and Illustrator CS3 on a large street map. The client wants to do his own edits to the map in Illustrator (version unknown) then output it so he can show a section per page, in an atlas he plans to publish. And maintain the map himself in the future. The base map is 30 inches square, and the section excerpted on each page of his atlas will be 7 x 9 inches.
The client currently outputs (text-only) directories in MS Word, and I'm wondering if I need to tell him "Hey, you need to buy and learn InDesign (as well as Illustrator) to output your atlas" or whether there's an easy way to output a large map in multiple PDFs, a page at a time that he could use as images in Word. I am trying to keep it sensible for everyone plus affordable.
What I know about Word is you can make a picture box, and crop images placed in the picture box, but I could only get it to crop an inch or two at most. Not the comparative "limitless" picture box found in Quark (and I assume InDesign).
(In FreeHand I had a similar atlas project where I created the master map on page 1, then made a couple dozen small pages, each with a rectangle (a frame) on a top layer. I gave each frame a "lens fill" set to a magnification of 1X, and put the centerpoint over the desired part of the master map. The section of the map appeared in the frame. This worked great for the first five or ten pages -- I could make multi-page PDFs -- a sort of PDF atlas. Eventually all the processing of lines, type, and fills bogged down my Mac's (or FreeHand's) memory so the PDF export would abort mid-stream -- I ended up outputting only individual map pages or 10-12 pages per PDF).
IS THERE A WAY to do a similar, multi-page output, or a series of little PDFs, in CS3? (Or in CS4, which is in the mail)? I know the "professional" way is to place the full EPS or PDF of the map in a page layout program and crop the picture box to the desired area. That's making more and more sense.
I get the sense from what I don't find in the CS3 User Manual that the only way to output a drawing is a page at a time (and naturally only one page per file). I would feel a little nervous in CS4 making an array of multiple pages butted against each other and laying the map on top of them all (but maybe that would work). CS4 has "views" but I don't know if they correspond to output files.
There are enough pages in the finished atlas that it's not economical to make the master map into a big PDF, save multiple copies, then crop each PDF on a different section of the map (such as using Apple Preview). Enough hand-work that labor would equal the cost of the software we're tentatively too frugal to buy. (A clue as to how to proceed).
The client is on a PC (not necessarily a powerful one); has a friend with Illustrator. Is open to upgrading his equipment. I'm on a Mac G4, running Illustrator CS3 and soon CS4.
At a certain point it may be the least troublesome approach is to lay the learning curve and burden of [computer and] software acquisiiton on the client and let each piece of software do what it does best. Or say, "sorry, editable files aren't practical, but here's a good set of prints for you to mark up, and I'll do the edits and make you a set of PDFs" which is more how I usually work.
I acknowledge this was a rather long, multi-stranded question; thanks to anyone who waded through it, and I apprciate any wisdom anyone can offer. Thanks!

...continued
If this is a valued and expectedly ongoing relationship, regardless of whether the files working files are going to be in FH or AI, I would make sure that both your and his working files are both on the same application (and I would say even the same platform).
> The client currently outputs (text-only) directories in MS Word, and I'm wondering if I need to tell him "Hey, you need to buy and learn InDesign (as well as Illustrator) to output your atlas".
I would politely and briefly commend the client for considering doing his own routine edit maintenance, but caution him that such edits need to be done in the native map files, not in the "container" file of whatever program he imports the artwork into. Doing so will likely involve a not-impractical, but still-significant learning curve for him or his staff--editing the maps requires at least working familiarity with a vector drawing program--and offer your services to help him along the way as he learns. If the client is going to commit to doing his own edits, he needs to commit up-front to doing them
correctly in the native illustration files' format. Otherwise, he will be asking for trouble down the road that will eventually cost him more than the benefits of bringing the edits in-house.
>...or whether there's an easy way to output a large map in multiple PDFs, a page at a time that he could use as images in Word.
PDF exported from FH will not provide the client the editability you have suggested he needs. PDF exported from Illustrator (with AI editability included) will have the same file-size problem you've already encountered: Content of the map beyond the page is merely masked, not actually removed.
> I am trying to keep it sensible for everyone plus affordable.
I commend
you for that stance. Freelance illustrators often shoot themselves in the foot by being overly protective of
practial illustration / design work that a client rightly
needs to be able to edit. Helping the client achieve self-sufficency can be just as profitable (or more so) than requiring the client to come back to you for every little edit.
> What I know about Word...
Include in your explanation with your client: Common office- or personal-productivity software, by their nature, lack technical capability necessary and proper for commercial reproduction. It's not that they are "bad" or "amateurish" programs; they're just not designed for the purpose.
Leave open the option of re-importing the map illustrations into Word, if the client still wants to. But re-emphasize that any routine
editing of the working map files needs to be done in their native illustration program.
> (In FreeHand I had a similar atlas project where I [used Lens objects]. This worked great for the first five or ten pages...[but eventually]...bogged down....
Illustrator provides nothing like FreeHand's excellent Lens Fill feature. You can use Clipping Masks and Symobls as a cumbersome workaround, but you'll have the same file-size issues, because you are merely masking artwork, not actually removing it.
I must admit I can't remember if FH's Lens objects actually trim to their content after being Ungrouped, (and don't presently have FH on this laptop to check), but I don't think so. If they did, then Lens objects would be an alternative to the other cutting method described below.
> IS THERE A WAY to do a similar, multi-page output, or a series of little PDFs, in CS3? (Or in CS4, which is in the mail)?
I strongly suspect that artwork that
spans adjacent pages in AI CS4 will be treated the same as artworking which
extends beyond the artboard in current AI: it will be merely masked with a clipping path when exported to PDF, not trimmed. The same sloppy and data-heavy content problems will persist.
> I get the sense from what I don't find in the CS3 User Manual that the only way to output a drawing is a page at a time (and naturally only one page per file).
No. In CS3 you could:
1. Open the 30 x 30 map in AI on a 30 x 30 Artboard.
2. In the Print dialog, set up 7 x 9 page tiling, and in the Output pane, select Tile Full Pages.
3. Export a multi-page PDF.
But again, the content of the PDF pages would merely mask the artwork that extends beyond each page tile. Your PDF file(s) will still likely be much larger than necessary.
Understand, that may still be a workable option if the client places in his page layouts some
other format that actually crops the artwork. In other words, you could:
1. Get the FH native artwork into AI and perform all the cleanup necessary for the AI file to become from now on your permanent working file.
2. Use a single Artboard, and use PageTiling as described above to export the multi-page PDF.
3. Use Acrobat Professional to export the PDF pages to raster images.
4. Place the raster images in whatever program is to be used for the whole document page layouts.
> The client is on a PC (not necessarily a powerful one); has a friend with Illustrator. Is open to upgrading his equipment. I'm on a Mac G4, running Illustrator CS3 and soon CS4.
The above workflow should work fine. To be self-sufficient, it would require as a minimum:
* The client contracting with you to build a proper and clean AI version of the FH map. Depending on the actual content, that may be a straightforward file translation, or it may require alot of tedious and time-consuming cleanup after importing the FH artwork.
* The client (and/or friend) would need Illustrator and Acrobat Pro, plus whatever program he choses for the page assembly work. If he/they use AI CS4, that
may suffice for the page-assembly portion of the work, too. That's yet to be seen. One limitation that comes immediately to mind is that AICS4's long overdue multiple page capability is (unlike FH's) limited to 100 pages.
> Or say, "sorry, editable files aren't practical, but here's a good set of prints for you to mark up, and I'll do the edits and make you a set of PDFs" which is more how I usually work.
That is, of course, for you to work out with the client. It sounds like your head is screwed on straight. You are looking for the most practical and expedient solution to server your customer, not being denfensive and desirous of requiring the client to come to you for every little edit.
The decisions is going to boil down to how much actual illustration editing know-how he wants to take on. It can be a great hands-on training opportunity for you as his "on call" trainer. That arrangement would provide your client the practical autonomy he wants, with the comfort and confidence that things won't get out of whack with you as his outsource guru.
Or, the client may find that the editing tasks require more hands-on skill than he wants to take on. Consider doing a walk-through exercise to show him (and/or his staff) the skills involved in the kinds of edits they will need to make routinely.
Regardless, though, I would firmly insist that the editing needs to be always done "according to Hoyle" in the native illustration program--and
never (stress this) by means of cheezy workaounds in the page-layout program, or some intermediate program. That is
not in your client's best interest, even if it seems initially the "easy way out." It will quickly lead to the map artwork becomming an unmanageable mess.
continues...
JET

Hello Apple community... I am trying to combine multiple pdf's into one, using preview, but when I drag the additional pages they show up as separate documents.

I am trying to combine multiple pdf's into one, using preview, but when I drag the additional pages they show up as separate documents. When I drag the doc in a line would show up in the past, and if I went above th eline all was good. It doesn't have a line, and no matter what I try I am having no success.
Please help!

According to an Apple Support article, unless there are unforeseen issues
in file ownership or permissions, the combining of .PDFs should be simple.
•OS X: Combining PDF documents using Preview - Apple Support
There are a few variable and similar methods, some change with version
of OS X in use; some vintage OS X may vary a little in the process...
A variety of similar topics appear in search results, with terms:
" mac os x combine pdf into one " such as this page shows...
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=mac%20os%20x%20combine%20pdf%20into%20one
If the system is older than Mavericks there may be other methods to try.
Suggestions are among linked results in the search. I see a few fair ones.
•Here's another that offers generally similar suggestions...* this info looks OK, extra links, do not:
http://osxdaily.com/2014/06/27/how-to-join-multiple-pdf-files-into-a-single-pdf- document-in-mac-os-x/
{ note: avoid clicking on links to products in * this ^ page, since they likely will not help & may be adware prone }
If you have a problem after trying other methods, based on an OS X
your computer is running, post back with more exact information...
Good luck & happy computing!
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Extracting the first page of multiple PDFs & saving them as jpegs.

Dear all,
First post - hope its in the right place.
I work in Publishing, and I have been given the following task - I have about 400 ebooks, all in pdf format, and my task is to extract the cover from every one of them (which is the first page of every pdf) and export them all as separate jpeg files (file names can remain exactly the same - ie, the name of the pdf book will be the same as the jpeg file). So I will end up with 400 ebooks and 400 jpegs of their covers.
Anyone have any idea how to do this ?
i have Windows and acrobat 8
I have looked at batch processing in acrobat, but the option to extract the first page of multiple pdf files is not one of the options. there is an option to create your own script which im guessing is my best bet ? (hence why i have posted my question here) Though I don't have the first clue about this. Have done some google searches, and some people have created similar things, but I cant seem to get them to work.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Rich

ok, i have found a set of acrobat batch sequence and come across the following :
Batch sequence name: Extract Pages to Folder.sequ. Task: For each file from the selected files, extract each of its pages and save the extracted pages to a particular folder.
Example 2.10 Insert navigation icons
/* Extract Pages to Folder */
// A regular expression to acquire the base name of the file.
var re = /.*\/|\.pdf$/ig;
var filename = this.path.replace(re,"");
try
for ( var i = 0; i < this.numPages; i++ )
this.extractPages
nStart: i,
cPath: "/C/temp/myDocs/"+filename+"_"+i+".pdf" // change this });
catch (e)
console.println("Batch Aborted: " + e )
looks like i need something like this, but tried the above earlier, and couldnt get it to work (prob cause I didnt replace the words exactly correctly). I am guessing that i am entering this in the correct place though (ie - create new sequence, and got into the script editor box)

Looking for an App that supports Text Searching in PDF (more complex finding text))

I try to explain it clearly since my English not good
when I using Ipad to search with some app like PDF expert. I can search words if I only type one single words or I type more than one words but these words are continuous in one sentence. Example like this
In this case. I type "and for the", and I got the result, because these three words are contiunuous in one sentence
But if I type words that not continuous but seperated in the file like this one. I don't get any result.
So, I'm looking for an app that read pdf and can search multiple words at same time. Like what preview does in the mac
See in the mac preview, we can search different words at same time and still get all the results.
So, Is there any similar PDF app that offer same function on IPad?
THanks so much

Yes, PDFPen for the Mac does do multiple word searching. I just tried it using this example:
I searched the iPad User Guide for "switch control". It only found those two words together.
Next, I searched for "switch". It found additional occurrences.
I did find, however, that I was required to place the two words "switch control" inside double quotes to find the two words together (and only that string).
UPDATE: Oops, sorry, the above statemant about the double quotes being required is false. Sorry, I used Preview by accident when I wrote that.
Indeed, PDFPen works just as you seem to want ... searching for "switch control" (without quotes in the search string) finds only those two words together.
UPDATE 2: Oops ... it sounds like this is just exactly the opposite of what you want. You are looking for something that, when searching for "switch control", finds all occurrences of "switch" and all occurrences of "control". If that is right, PDFPen won't help you.
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Printing multiple PDF files in Windows 7 at once

When I had Windows XP I could select multiple pdf files in their folder then right click to print. With Windows 7 this option is no longer there. I have searched everywhere for a solution to this problem. I am not sure why Adobe (or Microsoft) took this option away. I have to print 30 to 40 invoices a day. I now currently have to open each individual document, print, close, and move on to the next. This is quite cumbersome. If anyone knows of a way around this I would appreciate the help.
If no solution is available does Abode know of the situation?

your right. I am using Acrobat. didn't even know I had it. I've been bugging the IT guy for Acrobat for a while. I have no idea how long it's been installed. I had just bugged him again last week.
reader is still set as my default. without even realizing it, i've only been using acrobat to combine and print large files.
the only way to combine pdf's in reader is to use Adobe's online service which you have to pay for.
I'm sure there's some third party software out there. I use bluebeam to mark up pdf's. it's free.
don't know if it can be used to print or combine multiple files. never tried.
the method of dragging and dropping pdf files into the printer window does work with reader. (I checked)
As I said, it prints the documents out of order which can be a pain.
I found this discussion because I was searching for a way to get the documents to print in order. Haven't found one......yet.

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