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Searching and indexing
Last updated 1/14/2015
Use These Additional Criteria (text options) Includes the basic search options plus four additional options:
Proximity Searches for two or more words that are separated by no more than a specified number of words, as set in
the Search preferences. Available only for a search of multiple documents or index definition files, and when Match All
Of The Words is selected.
Stemming Finds words that contain part (the stem) of the specified search word. For example, a search for opening
finds instances of open, opened, opens, and openly. This option applies to single words and phrases when you search the
current PDF, a folder, or an index created with Acrobat 6.0 or later. Wildcard characters (*, ?) aren’t permitted in
stemming searches. Stemming isn’t available if either Whole Words Only or Case-Sensitive is selected.
Include Bookmarks Searches the text of any bookmarks, as viewed in the Bookmarks panel.
Include Comments Searches the text of any comments added to the PDF, as viewed in the Comments panel.
Include Attachments Searches files that are attached to the current PDF or other attached PDFs (up to two levels deep).
Use These Additional Criteria (document properties) Appears only for searches across multiple PDFs or PDF indexes.
You can select multiple property-modifier-value combinations and apply them to searches. This setting does not apply
to non-PDF files inside PDF Portfolios.note: You can search by document properties alone by using document property
options in combination with a search for specific text.
Check box Applies the criteria set in the three connected options to the search. (The check box is selected automatically
when you enter information in any of the three options for that set. After you enter options, deselecting the check box
doesn’t clear the entries; they just aren’t applied to the search.)
First menu (property) Indicates the document characteristic to search for. The available options include Date Created,
Date Modified, Author, Title, Subject, Filename, Keywords, Bookmarks, Comments, JPEG Images, XMP Metadata, and
Object Data.
Second menu (modifier) Indicates the level of matching. If the first menu selection is a date, the available options in the
second menu are Is Exactly,Is Before, Is After, Is Not. Otherwise, the available options are Contains and Does Not
Contain.
Third box (value or text) Indicates the information to be matched, which you type in. If the first menu selection is a
date, you can click the arrow to open a calendar that you can navigate to find and select the date you want.
Boolean operators
Commonly used Boolean operators include the following:ANDUse between two words to find documents that contain
both terms, in any order. For example, type paris AND france to identify documents that contain both paris and france.
Searches with AND and no other Boolean operators produce the same results as selecting the All Of The Words
option.NOTUse before a search term to exclude any documents that contain that term. For example, type NOT
kentucky to find all documents that don’t contain the word kentucky. Or, type paris NOT kentucky to find all
documents that contain the word paris but not the word kentucky.ORUse to search for all instances of either term. For
example, type email OR e-mail to find all documents with occurrences of either spelling. Searches with OR and no
other Boolean operators produce the same results as selecting the Any Of The Words option.^ (exclusive OR)Use to
search for all instances that have either term but not both. For example, type cat ^ dog to find all documents with
occurrences of either cat or dog but not both cat and dog.( )Use parentheses to specify the order of evaluation of terms.
For example, type white AND (whale OR ahab) to find all documents that contain either white and whale or white and
ahab. (The query processor performs an OR query on whale and ahab and then performs an AND query on those
results with white.
To learn more about Boolean queries, syntax, and other Boolean operators that you can use in your searches, refer to
any standard text, website, or other resource with complete Boolean information.