Export the results of the research of several PDF files

Hi all

I have a set of over 100 000 documents PDF, and seeks to identify those documents that contain a set of four numbers.  Preforably I would like to export this list in the format in which I can link to each document - ideally an Excel xls document.  Any advice on the export of an index search in Adobe or any other proposed option would be very useful.  Thanks in advance.

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Terry

You will need Acrobat X or higher to do this, but here's how I would perform this task:

(1) create an index of full text of the document as a whole (and I guess your 100K files all contain searchable text content)

(2) run your search index via the advanced search of Acrobat functionality

(3) save results to one. CSV file, which was a long-awaited feature that came to Acrobat X

(4) when you open it. CSV in Excel (you can save as .xls (x) one more flexibility), you will have a list of file names, then a sublist of the page where the search took place

(5) from there, you'll need to manipulate the data in the Excel worksheet to list the full filepaths for each line, how you should then be able to open the file directly from your Excel sheet.

Doing the open to the exact PAGE Excel sheet is a bit more complex, but it is also possible with some VB scripts.  You can search for it on the web if you want an example of code.

FYI, I approach this concept a little differently in my book, where I use a simple VB script instead of paths, I say just to point out that there are several options to set up the links once you're in Excel.

Hope that helps!

Jason Covey

PDF Litigation Solutions, LLC

www.pdflitigationguide.com

Tags: Acrobat

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