The ONLY time a pdf is not searchable is if the original document was first
scanned/created as a graphic image. Otherwise, if a pdf is created from any
text document, it is fully and completely searchable.
Unfortunately, since MSWord allows a vast majority of people to 'create' a
pdf when 'print' is selected, the file is more times than not very large.
But it is still searchable.
For those of us who actually use Adobe Acrobat when creating a pdf from
text, it is hoped that the finished document is 'complete' - with bookmarks
(when multiple pages), weblinks activated and page size set to atleast 100%
and not 'default'...
Jeannette Harper
Douglas County
From: Lori Niemuth <dawnlea(a)ticon.net>
Reply-To: <wigen(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 11:05:01 -0500
To: <wigen(a)rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [WIGEN] Searchable PDFs
True, and that's a great resource for all of us to keep in mind, but
it only works if the PDF is in a searchable format. Most
aren't. Maps usually are not searchable unless the creator of the
PDF file took the time to create a search file for the document.
Of course, back to pros and cons of what format to use for data, JPG
images are never searchable. I tend to usually use JPG, since it's
more user-friendly, and then create an index file for the search
engines (especially my site's own engine) to hit.
Lori in Rock
At 10:45 AM 5/11/2007, you wrote:
> If you Google "searchable PDF", you'll come up with lots of other
> hits, but here's a page that tells how to do it:
>
http://www.adobe.com/ap/epaper/tips/acr5search/index.html
>
> Lori Thornton
> Ashland County
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