Adobe Acrobat XI - Manual (Page 215)

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Editing PDFs
Last updated 1/14/2015
Note: Acrobat does not open EXE, VBS, and ZIP file formats because these formats are associated with malicious
programs, macros, and viruses that can damage your computer.
1 To open the Attachments panel, choose View > Show/Hide > Navigation Panes > Attachments.
2 In the Attachments panel, select the attachment.
3 Click the appropriate icon to open the attachment in its native application, save the attachment, or delete it:
Search in attachments
When searching for specific words or phrases, you can include attached PDFs as well as several other file types in the
search. Windows users can search Microsoft Office documents (such as .doc, .xls, and .ppt), AutoCAD drawing file
formats (.dwg and .dwf), HTML files, and Rich Text Format (.rtf) files. Mac OS users can search Microsoft Word (.doc),
HTML, and .rtf files. Search results from attachments appear in the Results list beneath the attachment filename and
icon. Attachments in other formats are ignored by the search engine.
Note: To enable Microsoft and AutoCAD file searches, the IFilters appropriate to the file types must be installed. IFilters
are typically installed with their applications, but can also be downloaded from product websites.
Search attachments from the Attachments panel
1 To open the Attachments panel, choose View > Show/Hide > Navigation Panes > Attachments.
2 In the Attachments panel, click Search Attachments .
3 In the Search window, type the word or phrase that you want to search for, select the results option you want, and
then click Search Attachments.
Search attachments from the Search window
Choose Edit > Advanced Search.
1 Type the word or phrase that you want to search for, and select the results option you want.
2 Click Show More Options at the bottom of the window, and then select Include Attachments.
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