Searching PDF's

I have multiple PDF's which were scanned as searchable PDF's. I can search for specific text within these documents using Adobe Reader on my Mac or PC. however I can not see an how I can do this in the iPad app. I can search one open document at a time for the text but not multiple ones. Can anyone help please.

You're looking for a Search feature like you'd find in Reader or Acrobat Pro for Windows or Mac. Such capabilities are not yet included in Adobe Reader for iOS. I don't yet know of an app which does that.

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Indexing and Searching PDF Files

Hi All,
I am trying to store and search PDF files in the oracle database.
I can insert and index the PDF files just fine but cannot get any result. I always get No Rows.
Here's what I am doing and the issues I am facing.
I created a Table with fields
ID (VARCHAR)
NAME (VARCHAR)
DOC (BLOB)
I inserted the PDF file in the BLOB field through a Java program and insert worked fine as I verified by retreiving the PDF and writing to file.
I created index using following SQL:
create index my_index on PDF_TABLE(PDF_FLD) indextype is ctxsys.context
parameters ('datastore ctxsys.default_datastore
filter ctxsys.inso_filter');
The index was created successfully without any problems.
I ran query as follows and got no rows although the searched text is in PDF
SELECT SCORE(1), PDF_FLD from PDF_TABLE WHERE CONTAINS (PDF_FLD, 'Table of Cotents',
1) > 0;
I tried alternate queries as well with no luck.
Any ideas ??
Thanks

After creation the index you need execute next operations.
first, check that your index tables conatins indexed terms. Execute
select token_text from dr$YOUR_INDEX$i;
Second, you will need to check the index errors table CTX_INDEX_ERRORS. This is owned by the user CTXSYS, and most users do NOT have # SELECT privilege to it by default.
If it's OK, then check that your PDF documents is supported by INSO filter.
Citation:
"PDF - Portable Document Format
Acrobat Versions 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 including Japanese PDF"
(Appendix B. Supported Document Formats in Oracle Text Reference 9.2)
For Oracle 9i you could install 9.2.0.4 patchset (it included INSO FILTER 7.5)
P.S.
for the beginning, you could find answers for your question about Oracle Text here
http://otn.oracle.com/products/text
Sorry for my English.
Best regards, Victor Zogin.

Windows search PDF

Hi,
I have an issue with the Search mode from Windows 8.1.
It cannot search for a word into the file.
Yes, I crossed the "File content" box, and it works just fine with words into a Word document, Excel and so on. But with the PDF it only works with the titles.
I should also mention that they are not OCR files, i.e. Those PDF are simply Words printed into a PDF for instance.
Does anyone have a clue?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Arnaud

Hi David,
You saved my life!
The issue was indeed with the 64 bits Version.
I did as advised on this site:
If you cannot search PDFs in Windows 8 64-bit, check three things:
– Click on Control Panel / Indexing Options / Modify and make sure the file location is indexed.
– Open RegEdit. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pdf\PersistentHandler. Verify that the value is 1AA9BF05-9A97-48c1-BA28-D9DCE795E93C. If the entry is F6594A6D-D57F-4EFD-B2C3-DCD9779E382E, then it was overwritten by Acrobat or Reader, which broke the search index. Return it to its original value, then restart the computer.
– Click on Control Panel / Indexing Options / Advanced / File Types. If the entry by PDF says “Registered IFilter is not found,” install Adobe PDF iFilter 11 for 64-bit platforms. Restart the computer.
Indeed the Register Key had been changed. And also the comment on the PDF for the Index Options was reading "Registered IFilter is not found".
What I also did was to restart a complete indexation because the Wsearch mode was seeing new pdf content but not the older one. Maybe if I had just waited it would have done this refresh automatically, but ... who knows.
In any case, again, many thanks!
Regards,
Arnaud

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I've had the same problem as first posted. Tried the suggested solutions and none of them worked. I finally have found somethng that does work.
In iTunes v.11.0.1.12, I needed to get to the following screen before DELETE would work:
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I have used Verity 7 years ago (CF MX I think) to do the search. If the user is subscribed to a certain catalogue, within the search results, a link is activated and the user is able to view the entire file. If not only a highlight will come up asking the user to subscribe.
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__3. Keep the PDF files outside the database, what is the best technique to secure and search the files?
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Thanks So Much

Can't help directly on the question. However, the generic problem in Windows is that the search will only delve into a list of MS denoted file types. I spent a year looking for a file I had misplaced and did not remember the name of. The following link resolved my issue and now I can search for anything in any file. I followed the registry edit in the response. Editing the registry can be dangerous and you should back up the registry at a minimum unless you know what you are doing. I also do not know if the fix is available in Windows 7. As I recall, I did find it in VISTA. Good luck if you use this, but also be careful. Bill
http://www.winvistatips.com/search-inside-bas-and-frm-files-t570174.html

How to search pdf files in another language?

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Yes it is happening in all pdfs files that views Arabic writing, see
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If this is in the wrong forum please move it.
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My Windows 7 64 bit systems can search the mapped drives just fine without needing to be indexed. Again I will never understand why this works and the 32 bit machine does not.

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I will confirm that it seems to be missing - it does seem that the search bar on the right only searches the text of the PDF and not the annotations. Strange...
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Robert

Robert,
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parameters ('filter ctxsys.auto_filter');This is discussed at:
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/text.102/b14218/cdatadic.htm#sthref451
Once it's properly indexed, you can perform whatever CONTAINS query you desire in a reporting region, PL/SQL block, whatever. Note that you'll need to keep your index in sync as you add content to it, but that's in the Text Reference guide - you just need to get the basics working now.
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