Windows search 4 pdf files

You will locate all pdf files just using. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User's post on January 9, My keyword is 'insurance', so in Explorer Search window I would I type: keyword:insurance.

Clarification: I do not need to find ALL. In reply to saidijack's post on January 9, I understand it was the only one you were looking for but when unable to locate or when in doubt of title, just type. If you now open the file, everything is combined on a single PDF and you are good to go. The combined PDF file will automatically open on the main interface. To search multiple PDFs for words or phrases, simply hit the "Search" icon. You should see a search bar on the left pane.

Check the "Case sensitive" or "Whole words only" boxes depending on your need. To start the search, enter the word or phrase you want to find in the PDF within the "Search box".

Press "Enter" on your keyboard or click the search icon beside the phrase or word. The program will search and display the matched words or phrases on the left pane. Scroll through to find the exact location of the searched item. The program will highlight the matching of the document itself as well.

Enter the phrase or word within the find box and press "Enter". The program will highlight the matched words on the document. It lets you look for your specific search terms in all the PDF files available in a single location on your computer. Click on the Edit menu at the top and select the option that says Advanced Search.

On the following screen, set the options as the following: Where would you like to search? What word or phrase would you like to search for? You can use the additional options to customize how your word is searched, such as tick-marking the Case-Sensitive checkbox so your search query is case-sensitive, and so on.

Finally, click on the Search button to begin searching. PDF files can also be searched using the default Windows search option on your Windows machine. You need to first enable an option though as shown below. Active Oldest Votes. IFilters allow Windows Search to search within file contents. Improve this answer. Glorfindel 4, 8 8 gold badges 22 22 silver badges 37 37 bronze badges. I tried this but it did not work for me. I did have to install under my PC's administrator account, which is a different user, I wonder if that affected it.

Did Windows finish indexing? Also, if you're searching non-indexed files, you may have to prefix your search query with content:. Guillaume Not sure. I'm now on Windows 10 which is using a filter named "Reader Search Handler" which does well with sentences for me. I'm not sure where it came from. Louis Thanks for the feedback. Good to know. Problem solved on windows7, we just need to wait much longer for the pdf results I did close the search window before it appears.

Show 4 more comments. Avatar 2, 4 4 gold badges 32 32 silver badges 45 45 bronze badges. Michael S. Thanks, I didn't know this feature existed in the standard Reader. Sure is dang slow though. Didn't know this. Surprises me all the time. Best answer in my opinion.