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Wilcard Boolean Searches

Jul 24, 2012 9:32 PM

Categories: Windows, Macintosh Tags: #acrobat #search #acrobat_pro_x #wildcard #boolean #2012 #advanced_search

Can Acro X Pro do "wildcard" Boolean searches for multiple PDF's in a folder? Eg: find every date not 05/06/2012?

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1. Steve Werner,

Jul 24, 2012 9:44 PM in reply to Glenneth

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You can. You want to use the Search function (Edit > Advanced Search). Look it up in the Acrobat Help file.

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2. Glenneth,

Jul 24, 2012 10:30 PM in reply to Steve Werner

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Thanks Steve, I've been using the search menu for a while now by entering in "every" date in the PDF's
that I want to find. But now my requirements have changed to needing to find every date in the pile of PDF's
that ARE NOT a single certain date. Eg: I need to find every date in a document that "isn't" 01/01/2012.

I've tried many combo's of characters inc. Boolean " ? " and " * " to no effect. Eg: ??/??/???? not 01/01/2012.
I've also tried the "additional criteria" section saying "Is not".

I appreciate your help and your quick reply. Cheers.

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3. AbhigyanModi,

Jul 25, 2012 1:58 AM in reply to Glenneth

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Not directly, but there's another feature that you might be able to leverage - Search and Redact. You can use that feature to Search but chose not to redact.
See this link for details:
http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2011/05/creating_and_using_custom_redac t/

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4. Glenneth,

Jul 25, 2012 5:14 PM in reply to Glenneth

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Thanks guys for the help.

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