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The text that you type in can be a single word, a number, a term, or a phrase. It can be a
word, with or without wild-card characters (*, ?), or any combination of letters, numbers,
and symbols. Because you can use Boolean operators in the text box, you must enclose
any search term that includes
and
,
or
, or
not
in quotation marks. You can also use the
operators =, ~, and != with text, but only to perform
exact matches
,
contains
, and
does not
contain
searches, respectively.You can use comparison operators (<, <=, >, >=) with values
of the same type.
To perform a full-text search:
1
Launch Acrobat 5.0, and choose Edit > Search > Query.
2
Enter the text you want to search for in the Find Results Containing Text box. To clear
the Search dialog box and redefine the search, click Clear.
3
Select any combination of the search options:
•
Word Stemming. Finds words that contain part of (a word stem) the specified search
word. It applies to single words, not phrases; does not apply to words that contain wild-
card characters (*, ?); finds words that end in
ing
,
ed
,
s
,
ion
, and so on, but not
er
; and
cannot be used with the Match Case option. Word Stemming works only for indexes
built with this option.
•
Sounds Like. Finds different spellings for proper names. It applies to single words, not
phrases; does not apply to words that contain wild-card characters; and cannot be used
with the Match Case option. Sounds Like works only for indexes built with this option.
•
Thesaurus. Finds similar words that appear in the documents you are searching, not
necessarily all the similar words you might find in a complete thesaurus. It applies to
single words, not phrases; does not apply to words that contain wild-card characters;
and cannot be used with the Match Case option.
•
Match Case. Limits the results of the search by finding only those documents that
contain words with the same capitalization. It can be used with a Boolean expression
and with terms that use wild-card characters. Characters matched by wild-card
characters can be either uppercase or lowercase.
•
Proximity. Limits the results of simple AND searches to one pair of matches per
document—the pair closest together. The two matches must be within three pages or
fewer of each other. This option is useful for locating a document that concentrates on
some topic of interest. Proximity affects relevancy ranking in searches. The closer the
matches are within a document, the higher the ranking. Proximity does work with
complex AND searches—such as, Hawaii AND (cruise OR fly).
If the search options are not displayed in the Acrobat Search dialog box, restore them by
closing the Search dialog box, choosing Edit > Preferences > General > Search (Windows),
or Edit > Preferences > Search (Mac OS) and selecting Word Options. Choose Edit > Search
> Query to continue. For information on how these options affect your search query, see
“Selecting options” on page 225
.
4
Select Search. The Search dialog box is hidden, and documents that match your search
query are listed in the Search Results window in order of relevancy.
•
The results are displayed in the Search Results window. Documents more likely to
contain relevant information are listed first on the list. The relevancy ranking of each
document is indicated by an icon.The degree of fill in the circle in the icon indicates the
probability that the document contains the search information. A solid fill indicates a