I am using CF Server 4.5.0.0 and have created a verity collection that i indexed to search for pdf filetypes. However, when I do the search for a word that exists in one of the files in the directory, it does not return any results. I have been able to do this for other filetypes; it's just pdf's that I am experiencing a problem with.
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It might depend on whether the PDF stored an "alternate" text version of the text pictured in the PDF. You see, depending on the fonts used large parts of a PDF are actually just bitmaps, which can't be interpreted except by an OCR program.
I would open up the PDFs in Acrobat Reader and try searching for the same text. If you can't find it (or even if you can, i guess) check into the tool you are using to generate the PDFs to see if you have the option of embedding alternate text. It's also an accessibility improvement.
I would open up the PDFs in Acrobat Reader and try searching for the same text. If you can't find it (or even if you can, i guess) check into the tool you are using to generate the PDFs to see if you have the option of embedding alternate text. It's also an accessibility improvement.
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