Search multiple values with acrobat pro

[lagf]

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.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

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.

[lagf]

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.

[try67]

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.