Re: WSS 3.0 Search - any way to include PDF files in search result

Old Adobe formats (up to 6.x) = the IFilter from the Adobe site. (see http://wss.asaris.de/sites/walsh/Lists/WSSv3%20FAQ/DispForm.aspx?ID=848)

New Adobe formats: see this blog item http://blogs.msdn.com/ifilter/archive/2007/03/29/indexing-pdf-documents-with-adobe-reader-v-8-and-moss-2007.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage


Mike Walsh
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KnightN wrote:
I know there have already been a number of posts on this but whether or not anyone can get the newer Adobe PDF formats to get indexed and appear in results. Specifically, in our situation, users have the Acrobat 8 software for creating documents.

We have a SharePoint Services 3.0 server set up with Adobe Reader 8.1.1 installed. I have checked the MS KB article 927675 and I had to add value 38 for PDF. Other than that, all the other registry entries that 927675 says should be there are.

I've modified a couple of existing PDF documents on the site and restarted the Search service and the server. Nonetheless, I cannot get it to return the contents in search results.

Can the older Adobe IFilter version 6.0 index the newer document formats or be made to work somehow? From what I have gathered it won't which I have been trying to get the Adobe 8 version working.

"David Lozzi" wrote:

Hi Gordon,

If after the install it doesn't work, check out the following link. In the handful of upgrades and installs I've had to do, I always had to update the registry, specifically adding item string 38 value pdf.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927675

"Gordon" wrote:

I have many pDF files in folders. They don't show up in search results

Is there a config setting I am missing to include them, or does sharepoint not include them?

Thanks in advance.


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