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search folder of PDFs

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famtek

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Mar 27, 2007
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I have a simple site hosted on a hosting service. One of my folders now holds hundreds and eventually thousands PDF files. Is there a method so I can search by word through this PDFs.
thanks.
 
First - are your PDF's searchable ? If they were created from inside an application (Word, Excel, Publisher) they probably are. If created by scanning, they probably are NOT searchable.
If you've got a lot of them you'll need some sort of document management system, or for a web site, a Content Managed web site. The document management vendors - FileNet, OpenText, Documentum - have products designed to do do this. You need to look/ask for web hosting that includes Content Management.

Fred Wagner

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