If you notice that Windows search does not return any PDFs as hits, even though you are sure that your search term appears in ...

The PDF is one of the most universal formats for documents and images, on both Mac and PC. You can convert pictures and documents to PDFs so that they can be shared and opened looking exactly the same ...

Confession time. This week’s Tech 911 is a bit of a head-scratcher, because the wide world of PDFs is confusing, at best, and typically more frustrating than anything else. There are a ton of ...

Overview: AI file management tools help you automatically organize, tag, and retrieve documents using intelligent search and ...

If you're someone who does a lot of work on the road, and needs to reference PDF source material, you'll find that QuickSearch PDF (US$4.99) from Olive Toast Software is the tool you didn't realize ...

The search function in Adobe Acrobat Reader allows you to locate words or phrases while working with PDF documents, even if it has been converted to PDF using character recognition technology (OCR).

Many major search engines now have the capability to index PDF files created by Adobe Acrobat and return them in search results. If you are a Web site owner with PDF files on your site, this is good ...

Given that it's from Google, it's not surprising that Gmail has a powerful search feature. But until now, if your email had a third-party attachment, say a PDF or Word doc, it couldn't index that text ...