Search in PDF documents

Let's discuss when one need to use a third-party searching tool to search text in PDF documents. How it works and what benefits are expected.

Search PDF file for certain text

If you have faces this task, then for sure, it's better to use freeware Adobe Acrobat Reader product that allows to open any PDF file and search for some text in it. But let's consider some additional facts:

Usually it might need to search not just in one PDF file, but in many pdf files;
These files may be located over hard disk;
You might want to specify some additional search criterions, such as file change date and file size;
Sometime you might need a regular expressions instead of plain text search;

In situations described above Adobe Acrobat Reader won't do it's job. As it was not designed for searching pdf files, it was designed specifically for opening and views these files. What is the solution? Try some third-party search tool, for instance, PDF Search Assistant.

Get PDF Search Assistant

If you are interested in PDF Search Assistant, then you can follow one of the links below. Also, pay attention to other search tools that might be more useful for your tasks.