Search multiple values with acrobat pro

3 replies
1582 views
Translate

I have the following list of words and phrases to search within a set of PDFs in a folder:

Work from home
test
homework
regular assistance
irregular equations
algorithms

When I search words [test OR homework OR algorithms], the search results are ok.

But when I try to search phrases ["regular assistance" OR "irregular equations" OR algorithms] the search doesn't gave me any result.

I am using the following options:

Return results containing: "Boolean query"
Stemming (is checked)

Thanks in advance for your support.

This topic is closed to new replies. Start a new post to keep the conversation going.

try67Correct answer

Community Expert

You can only use single words in this kind of search, it seems.

You can submit a feature request to change that: Feature Request/Bug Report Form

Alternatively, it's possible to use a script to highlight all the search results, and then you could simply aggregate multiple searches to get the results for all of them.

try67

Correct answer

Community Expert

You can only use single words in this kind of search, it seems.

You can submit a feature request to change that: Feature Request/Bug Report Form

Alternatively, it's possible to use a script to highlight all the search results, and then you could simply aggregate multiple searches to get the results for all of them.

Translate

lagfAuthor

Participant

Would you mind to share an example of a script to highlight all the search results?

Do you know if it is possible to change de output of the "save as CVS"?

Thanks in advance.

Translate

try67

Community Expert

I've developed a tool that does just that: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Highlight All Instances of a Word or Phrase in a PDF

As far as I know, no, you can't change the output of the CSV file, but you can create your own output, again, using a script.

Translate

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.