Using Windows Search for multiple, multi-page PDFs

I am scanning documents into a Windows folder (documents have been OCR'ed).  An employee verifies that each document has a specific number that OCR picked up, if OCR did not, the user will use the 'Add or edit text box' under tools in Adobe Acrobat Professional XI to add the correct number.  Multiple scans are handled this way and merged together to create documents that may be up to 2300 pages long (so far).  Within that same Windows folder, there are other files with similarly handled information and numerous pages.
My problem is, if I am looking for a specific number that is within one of the PDF files within the Windows folder - I can find it if I open the file that contains the number and do a search.  However, even though we are using a Windows index to be able to search from the Windows Search, the Windows Search will not always be able to find one of the indexed numbers.  Does anyone know if there is a maximum size or number of pages a PDF can be for the Windows Search to be able to be used?  Perhaps this is a question I should ask of Windows.  I am not sure if I am doing something wrong with the PDFs or if the Windex index isn't working.  Thoughts?

Something that may help -
With a multi-page PDF open in Acrobat Pro; select Document > Extract Pages
In the Extract Pages dialog you can select "Extract Pages As Separate Files".
This will provide you with a PDF file for each page of the source PDF file.
Additional options are also possible.
In a thread at AUC, Thom Parker identifies these.
http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?id=4703
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