http://www.genuinejd.com/blog/index.cfm coldfusion, flex, flash, air...and other random tech stuff en-us Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:29:33 -0500 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:04:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jack@genuinejd.com jack@genuinejd.com http://www.genuinejd.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/12/31/Adding-Windows-7-64bit-PDF-Indexing <p>I have been using Windows 7 64-bit since its official release in October and have loved everything about it so far.&nbsp; I was surprised at first when my PDFs weren't getting indexed, but was happy to know that it took very little work to get it to index them in just a few easy steps.</p> <ol> <li>Verify that PDF files are selected for indexing<br /> <ul> <li>Open the Indexing Options by clicking Start and typing, "indexing options" (without the quotes) and hitting enter</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Click the <strong>Advanced</strong> button</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Select the <strong>File Types</strong> tab</li> <li>Scroll down to .pdf, which should already be selected, but probably says, "Registered IFilter not found"<br /></li> </ul> </li> <li>Download and install the <a href="http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=4025&amp;fileID=3941" target="_blank">Adobe PDF iFilter 9 for 64-bit platforms</a></li> </ol> <p>That's it!&nbsp; You may need to rebuild the index (click click the <strong>Rebuild</strong> button in the Indexing Options), but afterwards, you should be able to search on PDF content.&nbsp; 32-bit users should be able to index PDFs out of the box.</p> Adobe Windows 7 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:04:00 -0500 http://www.genuinejd.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/12/31/Adding-Windows-7-64bit-PDF-Indexing