Foxit PDF IFilter 1.0 for WDS and Vista Search User Manual
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1. 8 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search regard to the Product and the provision of or failure to provide support services 11 LIMIT OF LIABILITY AND EXCLUSION OF INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL AND CERTAIN OTHER DAMAGES TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN NO EVENT SHALL FOXIT ITS AUTHORIZED RESELLERS OR THEIR SUBSIDIARIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INCIDENTAL INDIRECT PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS OR CONFIDENTIAL OR OTHER INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION FOR PERSONAL INJURY FOR LOSS OF PRIVACY FOR FAILURE TO MEET ANY DUTY INCLUDING OF GOOD FAITH OR OF REASONABLE CARE FOR NEGLIGENCE AND FOR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY OR OTHER LOSS WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCT THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES OR OTHERWISE UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PROVISION OF THIS LICENSE EVEN IN THE EVENT OF THE FAULT TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE STRICT LIABILITY BREACH OF CONTRACT OR BREACH OF WARRANTY OF FOXIT EVEN IF FOXIT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES 11 1 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND REMEDIES Notwithstanding any damages that You might incur for any reason whatsoever including without limitation all damages referenced above and all direct or general damages the entire liability of Foxit its resellers and their subsidiaries under any provision of th2. User Manual Foxit PDF IFilter 1 0 For Windows Desktop Search and Vista Search Foxit 2010 Foxit Corporation All Rights Reserved GOLD CERTIFIED Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search Copyright 2009 Foxit Corporation All Rights Reserved No part of this document can be reproduced transferred distributed or stored in any format without the prior written permission of Foxit Anti Grain Geometry Version 2 3 Copyright C 2002 2005 Maxim Shemanarev http www antigrain com Permission to copy use modify sell and distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies This software is provided as is without express or im plied warranty and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search Contents FOXIT CORPORATION LICENSE AGREEMEBENT cerne e eere eere enean oen 4 OVEIVIEW sirieni aR E 12 Why PDE IFiter see E 12 Why Foxit PDF FING scccsisiccssessscisissescdsissecsssssseccdebesecctacessccdesstesedssesescdutesescteissessdssasatsiebases 12 How Foxit PDF IFilter WOrKS cccscssssssssssscsssscescsssssessccssscsssessssessssssecsssecsssasscsaseeseseeses 13 Key beneflls ier oiii ri erret PE Herr PPU EN U REEF TYPI VIE PEE THU VE suisia VER UR neneva E EE UR QUE 13 Gening SIUE ido i tici ai b cM pa D OREMUS oM MICI M HMM MM IEEE 14 Systemirequiremienls 5 eir titre tonn
3. in the notification area of the Windows taskbar gt click Windows Desktop Search Options gt click the Modify button e Inthe Indexed Locations dialog box select the locations that you want and then click OK Indexing selected items e Once you select the locations and click OK Windows Desktop Search will start the indexing task 21 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search Indexing Options 3 items indexed Indexing in progress Search results might not be complete during this time Index these locations Included Locations Exclude Documents and Settings Application Data Default User le Microsoft Outlook Express Indexing in progress e Orright click the indexing icon in the notification area of the Windows taskbar gt click Index Now To check the indexing process right click the indexing icon in the notification area of the Windows taskbar click Indexing Status Notes 1 If you just installed Foxit PDF IFilfer or the IFilter has just been upgraded you ll have to index all documents and rebuild index data 2 Windows Desktop Search updates the index every time that you add or change a file or an e mail message because of which you don t need to re index PDF files unless the IFilter is reinstalled or updated Searching PDFs After you finish indexing PDF files you can start a search to find text within PDF files Also you can search PDF document properties such as author tit
4. operating systems Windows Desktop Search is built into Windows Vista while you have to download and install it in other operating systems For Windows Vista please click here For Windows XP and other operating systems please click here Working with Foxit PDF IFilter in Windows Vista You cannot install Windows Desktop Search on a computer that is running Windows Vista WDS functionality is already built into Windows Vista Indexing PDFs With Foxit PDF IFilter you can index PDF properties and file contents After installing Foxit PDF IFilter please note that Index Properties and File Contents will be selected automatically in File Types tab of Advanced Options dialog box 16 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search r Advanced Options NE oL aS ay e Index Settings File Types Extension Filter Description e v Eglp7r File Properties filter v El p7s File Properties filter V E pab File Properties filter v amp pbk File Properties filter v _ pcb File Properties filter E _ pch Null filter v pct File Properties filter 7 pdb Null filter V E pdf PDF Filter 7 pds Null filter V penguinsSave Registered IFilter is not found El pf File Properties filter v pfm File Properties filter dc zl How should this file be indexed Index Properties Onl Index Properties and File Contents The Advanced Option
5. B c B Links Did you find what you were searching for I Music Advanced Search IE Pictures IB saved Games B searches d temp IB Videos T Public 1 Computer Network Control Panel SW Renicle Bin I pe 9 items Search results e Double click one of the search results to open it with your default PDF Reader More Help One other option available in the Indexing Options tool is the link How does indexing affect searches This link brings up the Windows Help and Support page regarding indexing This help page presents basic information on the Windows Vista search index 19 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search gt Showall Improve Windows searches using the index frequently asked questions Here are answers to some common questions about the index gt What is the index gt What is the index used for gt What files are indexed gt How do I know what locations are in the index gt How do I add new files or locations to the index gt Can I index my entire computer so all searches are fast gt How do I remove a location I rarely use from the index gt When I perform a search is the entire index searched every time gt How do I change the hard disk or folder in which the index is stored gt Iwant to search for a file type that is not currently being indexed How do I add a file type to the index gt When should I reb
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7. further described in Section 4 4 below Maintenance will be provided for a period of one year unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing from the date of purchase of the Product the Initial Support and Maintenance Term and with renewals annually from the expiration date of the prior Support and Maintenance Term Failure to renew annual maintenance may result in You having to purchase a new license in order to receive future versions of software Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search and associated ongoing support and maintenance 4 2 Maintenance Services In exchange for the Maintenance Fee Foxit agrees to provide to You during the term of this Agreement support and maintenance collectively Maintenance as follows 4 2 1 Support Foxit will provide email and telephone support to You for current versions of the Product Foxit will investigate all of Your questions and problems promptly You agree to provide adequate information to Foxit to assist in the investigation and to confirm that any problems have been resolved Foxit does not provide guaranteed response time but will make good faith effort to answer emails and voice mails within twenty four 24 hours or less during weekdays excluding holidays 4 2 2 Maintenance Foxit will supply to You at no additional charge any improvements upgrades or modifications to the Product that Foxit makes generally available Any such improvements upgrades or modifications s
8. or click Web to search the web Click one of the search results so that you can get a quick view in the preview pane To search text in the preview pane use Ctrl F to activate FindTool dialog box Windows Desktop Desktop Search P AllLocations Everything W Documents Other v lresult Hiv Title Author wkk a Foxit Company brochure pdf Administrator El z im i4 4 P bi o o 24 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search More Help For more information on how to work with Windows Desktop Search please refer to Windows Desktop Search Help included in the product 25 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search Additional Information Microsoft Developer Support Foxit PDF IFilter is a Dynamic Link Library DLL file that provides a bridge between a Microsoft indexing client and a library of PDF files It consists of code that understands the PDF Format as well as code that can interface with the indexing client When an indexing client needs to index content from PDF files it will look in its registry for an appropriate DLL and will find the Foxit PDF IFilter Foxit PDF IFilter will return text to the indexing client The indexing client will then index the results and return the appropriate results to the user Language Support This section lists languages supported by Foxit PDF IFilter 1 0 German French Italian English Spanish Portuguese Russian Chinese traditional and simpli
9. allation layer When you upgrade the installation layer you do not need to re do a full index But when you upgrade the core layer you can decide if you need to rebuild index on your computer according to the importance of the updates by checking what s new details on Foxit Official Website Uninstalling Foxit PDF IFilter To uninstall Foxit PDF IFilter please perform the following Open the Start Menu and select Control Panel Click on the Add or Remove Programs tab Click on the Foxit PDF IFilter record and then on the Remove button to uninstall it Or you can double click the Foxit PDF IFilter msi setup file that you have used to install Foxit PDF IFilter and do the following e Inthe Foxit PDF IFilter dialog box select Remove Foxit PDF IFilter i Foxit PDF IFilter Welcome to the Foxit PDF IFilter Setup Wizard Select whether you want to repair or remove Foxit PDF IFilter O Repair Foxit PDF IFilter Remove Foxit PDF IFilter Click the Finish button to uninstall it completely 15 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search Working with Foxit PDF IFilter Foxit PDF IFilter is able to search text in PDF files Email PDF attachments and PDFs in Database Fields BLOB etc After you install Foxit PDF IFilter you should index all documents and re build index data with Windows Desktop Search before you start a search Working with Foxit PDF IFilter maybe slightly different in Windows Vista and other
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11. e indexing result Step 2 a user specifies some keywords he would like to search and the search engine answers the query immediately by looking up the indexing result and responds to the user with all tne documents that contain the keywords During Step 1 the search engine itself doesn t understand the format of a PDF document Therefore it looks in the windows registry for an appropriate PDF IFilter and finds the Foxit PDF IFilter Foxit PDF IFilter understands the PDF format It filters out embedded formatting and extracts text from the document and returns text back to the search engine Further information about IFilter specification can be found on the Microsoft Web site 5 Do have to remove Adobe PDF IFilter to install Foxit PDF IFilter Yes 27 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search 6 How dol verify the correct installation of Foxit PDF IFilter Firstly please check if Foxit PDF IFilter appears in the list of programs on the Program Start Menu after installation Secondly you can download IFilter detection tools to inspect IFilter installation information in the registry e g the filtreg exe program Thirdly install Windows Desktop Search to verify if the text in PDF files can be found 7 How do upgrade Foxit PDF IFilter Do need to reboot the machine You need to uninstall the old version of Foxit PDF IFilter to install the new one You do not have to reboot your machine after update 8 Do I have to reb
12. e anres ER eve sero eusa RENE EET URN ERE EN ATENE NSE N ESTERE iiS 14 Installing Foxit PDF IFilter eene ener ere rennen ero ern eee e enero ene ne ene sn enata 14 Updating Foxit PDF IFiller 5 5 1 retient ratto teair oa teatri soo aree nerina 15 Uninstalling Foxit PDF IFiller eee re eene eren eere eere teen e ene tn en en etn etn enata 15 Working wili Foxit POF IPBIGR roe rnit pra vena tid rbi rb tq e aen Leto rbd itia cR eui 16 Working with Foxit PDF IFilter in Windows Vista ceres eee eere eene en en erntnen 16 Indexing PDFS 5 eEUREREUERREREPSBUNRBUNSURUDSRUEERUDSUNSUNUEAEUENE 16 Searching PDEs noon oer P GERE EUER d eg rr dr tus 18 More Help aate tet datei E 19 Working with Foxit PDF IFilter in Windows XP and Other Operating Systems 20 Indexing PDES entorno hattest ied 20 Searching PDEs ee d ed ETE ede end 22 More ullo vrs ces a Actes E ene es etme ea ei tees 25 Prefer iie ge INIGIMGUON E 26 Microsoft Developer Sup port eere eee ee eene eere eee re tete to ee tne e netos ene te ene eP en enuS 26 LEGNQUAGE SUPPOMT re 26 PAL n EET E E MON anna M 27 Coniac I 29 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search FOXIT CORPORATION LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR FOXIT PDF IFILTER IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This Foxit Corporation Foxit License A
13. fied Korean Japanese Arab Hebrew 26 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search FAQ 1 What is Foxit PDF IFilter Foxit PDF IFilter is an application designed to help users index a large amount of PDF documents and then quickly find text within these documents It acts as a plug in for full text search engines that scans documents for text and properties also called attributes extracts text from documents filters out formatting and retaining information about text position and extracts properties of an entire document 2 Is Foxit PDF IFilter free Foxit PDF IFilter can be used for free on desktop environment However users need to purchase licenses when they use Foxit PDF IFilter on server environments 3 have a computer with one hyper threading processor inside Do need to buy a license for 2 CPUs for the machine We will only count the real numbers of processors reported by your system Please go to Start Programs Accessories System Tools System Information to check your CPU numbers 4 What is the Foxit PDF IFilter s role in the PDF indexing process and PDF text search Foxit PDF IFilter acts as a plug in for full text search engines A search engine usually works in two steps Step 1 the search engine goes through a designated place e g a file folder or a database and indexes all documents or newly modified documents including PDF documents in the background and creates internal data to store th
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17. he format of a PDF document Therefore it looks in windows registry for an appropriate PDF IFilter and finds the Foxit PDF IFilter Foxit PDF IFilter understands the PDF It filters out embedded formatting and extracts text from the document and returns text back to the search engine Further information about the IFilter specification can be found on the Microsoft Web site Key benefits Below is a list of benefits that Foxit PDF IFilter brings to you e Integrates with existing operating systems and tools within your company Provides an easy solution to search within PDF documents located on the local computer local network and or intranet Greatly increases your ability to accurately locate information Much smaller and faster than PDF IFilters offered by other vendors Supports Chinese Japanese Korean PDF documents Supports native 64 bit code Supports multi threading and takes full use of multiple CPU in a server 13 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search Getting Started This section provides everything you ll need to know about getting started with Foxit PDF IFilter including ifs system requirements installation and uninstallation System requirements Foxit PDF IFilter 1 0 requires one of the following environments Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows Vista Each of these environments must also co
18. ilter You can just run the Foxit IFilter MSI program again and select the repair function In addition we will contact Microsoft to address this issue shortly 28 Foxit PDF IFiller for WDS and Vista Search Contact Us Feel free to contact us should you need any information or have any problems with our products We are always here ready to serve you better e Office Address Foxit Corporation 39819 Paseo Padre Parkway Fremont CA 94538 USA e Mailing Address Foxit Corporation 39819 Paseo Padre Parkway Fremont CA 94538 USA e Sales 1 866 MYFOXIT or 1 866 693 6948 8AM 5PM PST Monday Friday 510 438 9090 8AM 5PM PST Monday Friday 408 307 9358 8AM 5PM PST Monday Friday e Support 1 866 MYFOXIT or 1 866 693 6948 8AM 5PM PST Monday Friday 979 446 0280 6AM 5PM PST Monday Friday e Fax 510 405 9288 Website www foxitsoftware com E mail Sales and Information sales foxitsoftware com Technical Support support foxitsoftware com Marketing Service marketing foxitsoftware com 29
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22. ktop Search updates the index every time that you add or change a file or an e mail message because of which you don t need to re index PDF files unless the IFilter is reinstalled or updated Searching PDFs After you finish indexing PDF files you can start a search to find text within PDF files Also you can search PDF document properties such as author title etc Note Windows Desktop Search finds the indexed PDF files first when you select to search in My Computer WDS does not find the indexed PDF files when you select to search in un indexed folders To start a search do the following Click to open a drive or a folder that contains the PDF file that you want to search 18 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search Type your search words in the search box at the top right corner of the window i Search p The search box e Windows Desktop Results appear immediately as you type the search words n Favorite Links Company brochure 11 20 2007 7 37 AM ActiveX guide 11 20 2007 7 37 AM IE Documents Pictures E FoxitPDFEditor20_Man 11 20 2007 7 37 AM B Music rdsdk guide 11 20 2007 7 37 AM More EI FoxitPageOrganizer M 11 20 2007 7 37 AM Folders yy Ei roxtPrCrestor Manual 11 20 2007 737 AM zi FoxitReaderForPPC1 0 11 20 2007 7 37 AM a Sii ae NE FoxitFormDesigner_Ma 11 20 2007 737 AM E E FoxitReader22 Manual 11 20 2007 7 37 AM
23. le etc There are two search boxes for you to search PDF files Deskbar search box and Microsoft Windows Desktop search box in the main window of Windows Desktop Search 22 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search Searching with deskbar search box To start a search with deskbar search box do the following e Type your search words in the Deskbar search box The search box e Windows Desktop Results appear immediately as you type the search words Windows Desktop Results 2 59 Everything C Foxit Company brochure pdf Deskbar history foxit Click one of the search results to open it with your default PDF Reader Searching with Microsoft Windows Desktop search box You can type either in the search box on the taskbar or the Microsoft Windows Desktop Search box in the main window of Windows Desktop Search e Toopen the main window of Windows Desktop Search click the search icon 2 orselect Search Now by right clicking the indexing icon in the notification area of the Windows taskbar 23 Foxit PDF IFiller for WDS and Vista Search Windows Desktop Search Eek Windows Ce SS Desktop Search P AllLocations y thing T EE E mail Other Oresults Hy The search box The main window of Windows Desktop Search Type your search in the Microsoft Windows Desktop Search box in the main window of Windows Desktop Search gt Press Enter to search your desktop
24. ll over the world gt PDF IFilter is a plug in that allows Microsoft search engines to index PDF files so that they become searchable Without an appropriate PDF IFilter contents of a PDF file cannot be indexed Why Foxit PDF IFilter Foxit PDF IFilter is favored by a large number of governments and well known companies because of the following reasons gt Foxit PDF IFilter helps to do a two stage search Index and Search which makes finding information much easier gt Foxit PDF IFilter supports multi threading and makes full use of multi CPU core in a server gt Foxit PDF IFilter supports native 64 bit code gt Smaller and faster than other PDF IFilters 12 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search Supports Chinese Japanese Korean PDF documents How Foxit PDF IFilter works Foxit PDF IFilter acts as a plug in for full text search engines A search engine usually works in two steps Step 1 the search engine goes through a designated place e g a file folder or a database and indexes all documents or newly modified documents including PDF documents in the background and creates internal data to store the indexing result Step 2 a user specifies some keywords he she would like to search and the search engine answers the query immediately by looking up the indexing result and responds to the user with all the documents that contains the keywords During Step 1 the search engine itself doesn t understand t
25. ntain Microsoft Desktop Search Installing Foxit PDF IFilter Foxit PDF IFilter has two versions respectively for 32 bit Windows and 64 bit Windows You can choose one of them to install into your machine according to your system requirements Before installing Foxit PDF IFilter please make sure that Windows Desktop Search has been installed successfully To install Foxit PDF IFilter 1 0 please do the following e Download Foxit PDF IFilter from the Foxit Website http www foxitsoftware com onto the machine where you wish to install it Stop all appropriate clients Uninstall any previous version of Foxit PDF IFilter Double click the downloaded Foxit PDF IFilter msi file and follow the on screen instructions e After installation completes start all appropriate clients Notes 1 Foxit PDF IFilter appears in the list of programs on the Program Start Menu after installation 2 Foxit PDF IFilter has no user interface 3 The installation package will unzip a language file called fpdfcjk bin into the installation folder which will help you to index PDF documents containing Chinese Japanese Korean characters 14 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search Updating Foxit PDF IFilter When updating Foxit PDF IFilter you need to uninstall the old version of Foxit PDF IFilter to install the new one You do not have to reboot your machine after update Generally speaking Foxit PDF IFilter consists of a core layer and an inst
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27. s dialog box with Foxit PDF IFilter Note Before installing the Foxit PDF IFilfer Index Properties Only is selected by default Setting index locations You can have Microsoft Windows Desktop Search index any locations that contain PDF files Once the index is complete Windows Desktop Search is able to use this index to find text in PDF files more rapidly than it would take to search through all the files on your computer To select the locations where PDF files exist and you want to search do the following e Select Start gt Control Panel gt choose Indexing Options to navigate to the Indexing Options tool Click the Modify button to add or subtract specific files and folders from the search index e Inthe Indexed Locations dialog box select the locations that you want and then click OK Indexing selected items Once you select the locations and click OK Windows Desktop Search will start the indexing task automatically 17 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search 3 448 items indexed Indexing complete Index these locations Included Locations Exclude amp Local Disk C HP Program Files ProgramDat o Microsoft Office Outlook k Start Menu How does indexing affect searches Modify Indexing complete Notes l If you just installed Foxit PDF IFilter or the IFilter has just been upgraded you ll have to index all documents and rebuild index data 2 Windows Des
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29. th herein b materially diminished obligations for Foxit or c Your materially diminished rights 15 Should You have any questions concerning this License or if You desire to contact Foxit for any reason please call 510 438 9090 11 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search Overview Welcome to Foxit PDF IFilter 1 0 a professional tool that helps you to index PDF files Foxit PDF IFilter is an application designed to help users to index a large amount of PDF documents and then quickly find text within these documents The PDF documents can not only be files but also email attachments or database records Foxit PDF IFilter supports PDF 1 7 specification and can be used in many Microsoft search engines such as Windows Indexing Service MSN Desktop Search Internet Information Server SharePoint Portal Server Windows SharePoint Services WSS Site Server Exchange Server SQL Server and all other products based on Microsoft Search technology With Foxit PDF IFilter all these search engines can find PDF files with ease Why PDF IFilter PDF IFilter is necessary for several reasons listed below gt Microsoft creates and maintains office file formats such as doc xls ppt etc However many other file formats are created and maintained by other companies For example the PDF was created by Adobe gt With the advantages of security reliability and accessibility PDF is now being used by more and more people a
30. uild index after updating That depends Foxit PDF IFilter consists of a core layer and an installation layer When you upgrade the installation layer you do not need to re do a full index But when you upgrade the core layer you may need to rebuild index on your computer 9 Why can t I find some PDF files There might be three reasons First Foxit PDF IFilter can not index password protected PDF files Second the PDF file doesn t contain searchable text You can check if there is searchable text in the PDF file by opening it in Foxit Reader and selecting the text with the Select Text tool Or you can enter into the Text Viewer mode to select text If neither method highlights any text it is likely that the PDF contains a source image of text which Foxit PDF IFilter can not index Third the PDF file doesn t contain text that is properly encoded If the file contains searchable text yet you cannot find the text with Find Tool in Foxit Reader then the text may not be properly encoded 10 Why can t Foxit PDF IFilter work after Microsoft updates Do I have to re install it If you installed the Foxit PDF IFilter on your search server the IFilter does not work after you install a Microsoft update It is because that the upgrade program automatically overwrites the registry value of Foxit PDF IFilter with that of Adobe PDF IFilter To make it work again you must reinstall Foxit PDF IFilter In this case you do not have to uninstall IF
31. uild my index See also Finda file orfolder e Tips forfinding files f Ask someone or expand your search iL Offline Help v Basic Help Working with Foxit PDF IFilter in Windows XP and Other Operating Systems Indexing PDFs With Foxit PDF IFilter you can index PDF properties and file contents But before installing Foxit PDF IFilter Index Properties Only is selected by default in File Types tab of Advanced Options dialog box 20 Foxit PDF IFilter for WDS and Vista Search Advanced Options Index Settings File Types Add UNC Location Extension Filter Description E pcb File Properties filter If pcc File Properties filter O G pch Null filter Wi pct File Properties filter Gl pcx File Properties filter O S pdb Null filter O E pds Null filter E gt Joct File Properties filter jb pdx File Properties filter Gia pef File Properties filter peg File Properties filter 0O epf File Properties filter TA lal atm Eila Dranertice Filter M How should this file be indexed C Index Properties On The Advanced Options dialog box with Foxit PDF IFilter Setting search locations By default Windows Desktop Search indexes your e mail files and files saved in the My Documents folder However you can have Microsoft Windows Desktop Search index other locations To select the locations where PDF files exist and you want to search do the following e Right click the indexing icon
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