Look for PDF documents that contain a specific word inside any folder and its sub-folders with the help of this intuitive and simple application.
- SearchPDFs
- Version :1.0.3
- License :Demo
- OS :Windows All
- Publisher :Mark Summerfield
SearchPDFs Description
Windows Explorer comes with a built-in search function, which is enough for most of the users for finding the files they need. However,
there are alternatives out there, and SearchPDFs is one of them.
Looks for PDF files that have the keyword within their content
This application is not in itself a standard search application. As its name suggests, it focuses on looking for PDF documents based on the keyword the user provides. As it happens in Windows Explorer, SearchPDFs does not simply look for files whose names contains the search string. Instead, it opens each PDF document found in the target location and looks for the keyword the user provided within the text.
As a consequence, the search results will not only contain the files whose names enclose the string, but also the documents that have the keyword written within their content. The file name and location are shown, alongside a list of pages where the looked up word can be found.
Configure the search criteria from within the main window
The application is easy to use, but there are a few configuration settings users can tamper with, all available within the main window. Aside from selecting the target folder, one can instruct SearchPDFs to search sub-directories or exclude them, and display only the first match or all the matching pages.
SearchPDFs can perform case-sensitive searches and look for entire words, not just parts of a word. Furthermore, it provides support for regular expressions, so users who are familiar with the syntax can use such search strings without restrictions.
Regex support and page lookup are its advantages
In terms of searching capabilities, SearchPDFs does not exceed the feature set of the default Windows search, except the fact that it shows the list of pages that contain the provided keyword and that it provides support for regular expressions. In fact, these are its only two pluses in comparison with the default file finder of Windows, which also features content-based search.
As a drawback, it only looks up PDF files, while in Windows Explorer (on Windows 10) you are able to enter the keyword and find files that contain it (either in the name or the content) without being restricted to the PDF format.