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Indexing PDF files

Asked By: Roland Hammond Date: Sep 13, 2009 Category: Sharepoint Views: 198

We currently have a scanning department that now uses adobe Acrobat 5 to
create context searchable PDF files.

Unfortunately, Sharepoint (EVAL at the moment) seems incapable of
indexing these files. I have read about an Adobe ifilter4.1 and I have
followed the installation instructions but no joy.

I have also made sure that Sharepoint has PDF files included in its
extension search.

Tagged:indexing pdf files

5 Answers Found

Answer #1 Answered By: Yogendra Zarapkar Answered On: Sep 13, 2009

I have now resolved the problem and in actual fact it had nothing to
do with sharepoint Portal! Rather it was a permissioning issue and
some sub folders as the account used by sharepoint had no access to
the pdf files in the those folders.

Answer #2 Answered By: Jerad Mercado Answered On: Sep 13, 2009

They were Adobe pdf files, but I have now resolved the problem as it was
a sub folder permissioning problem and I required the installation of
the Adobe Ifilter to allow full indexing.

Answer #3 Answered By: Riley Scott Answered On: Sep 13, 2009

sorry that I can`t provide you with a solution but at least I can tell you
that it works here. It is also an EVAL-Edition. Indexing and Search works
well. It scans PDF-Documents for Keywords etc.

Answer #4 Answered By: Adya Khavatekar Answered On: Sep 13, 2009

I have heard that sometimes the PDF files store the text as images
rather than text. In this case you will not be able to index the files.

Answer #5 Answered By: Trupti Patil Answered On: Sep 13, 2009

which PDF are you talking about? Adobe Acrobat files, or Microsoft SMS
files? The former are images, the latter are text.

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