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hello out there

i am in need of a program that will allow me to add in pdf files and then cross context and organize into a search able database

something where i could type in a line or a name and it brings up matches and able to back track the paragraph and start reading there so able to skip over the info that is not needed ———figure i am not the only person with this need and one of u guys might have run across something that would fit the bill—– would like something freeware if could not cash flush right now but i will work with almost anything right now to get tho this mount of data

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Dr. Jackson offline Verified User (5 years) Long Term User Shouts: 43 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (9 minutes after post)

I may be misunderstanding you here, but can’t you just use the find tool inside of a PDF and find exact things already? I mean I know you can do it, it just doesn’t work if the text in the PDF is in the format of a picture. If the PDF is using pictures then a program using algorithms to find words would be needed. And short of government level software, I don’t see anyone having a free copy.

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Just Max offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (13 minutes after post)

i want to cross link several books at once

say 100 text

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Dr. Jackson offline Verified User (5 years) Long Term User Shouts: 43 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (16 minutes after post)

Ahh, then I am sure something exists, I just don’t know where that would be.

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Just Max offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (18 minutes after post)

hopefully why i posted here someone has run across it

if not then i just give away a million dollar idea

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southern_comfort offline Verified User (7 years) Long Term User Shouts: 200 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (19 minutes after post)

I know of no program that will do that. A database will only be able to search the file name of the pdf; not any of the contents of the pdf itself. You can search internally the pdf itself of course.

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (5 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 3 months ago (24 minutes after post)

Just Max wrote:
hopefully why i posted here someone has run across it

if not then i just give away a million dollar idea

Not a million dollar idea. Pdf files are not ascii.So the files can be easily
searched I would think.But maybe they are ascii.
Try searching a file you know has the word in it.And try windows search tool
on the test file.

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Just Max offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (26 minutes after post)

well with most pdf minus the heavy graphics one are under a mb except bigger books

with today computers there should be a program that will aloow u to opeen several pdfs at once in one window and then creat the database that will allow u to typ in in cross check on several books

hell this computer has 8 gbs of ram

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southern_comfort offline Verified User (7 years) Long Term User Shouts: 200 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (29 minutes after post)

No dice. Windows can’t find words INSIDE a pdf file. Your only solution is to convert all the pdfs into doc or txt files.

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Just Max offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (32 minutes after post)

that would not work for me i need pdfs because of the symbols

i got bored and came up with the idea of cross checking every culture legends/demons/gods/ghost

see what matches with out the symbols that some assign to the names it is worthless

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southern_comfort offline Verified User (7 years) Long Term User Shouts: 200 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (34 minutes after post)

Search For Text Inside Multiple PDF Files With Your PDF Viewer’s Advanced Search

December 14, 2010
By Jessica Cam Wong

search text inside pdf
One of the biggest advantages of digitizing notes, if you’re a student, is that you can search for text within Word documents and find where you last saw a phrase that you now need to consolidate with your new lesson. We’ve seen how to use DocFetcher to search within PDF files, but if you already have PDF-XChange Viewer, Foxit or even Adobe Reader, did you know you can already search for text inside PDF documents without additional programs? I didn’t know this so I thought it might be something good to share.

This might be useful too, if you own a large collection of e-books in PDF. I know I have a few copies of the free manuals that MakeUseOf distributes, plus a lot of PDFs for each of my classes so knowing my preferred PDF viewer can do this is tremendously useful.

PDF-XChange Viewer [Windows]

Even with its free version, PDF-XChange Viewer has pretty mind-blowing features. I’ve been using it for quite some time and absolutely adore the fact that you can customize keyboard shortcuts for any function. However, I didn’t realize you could use it to search entire directories until after searching all over the web for a PDF document search tool. It turns out the Search feature in PDF-XChange is pretty powerful and fast. You can either go to the Edit menu > Search or go to the drop-down menu for the Find feature.

From, http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/search-t…

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southern_comfort offline Verified User (7 years) Long Term User Shouts: 200 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (35 minutes after post)

With that program I think you might have to compile all 100 ‘books’ into a single directory and just have it search inside that directory. Hope that helps.

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Just Max offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (40 minutes after post)

i am guessing here that u are a lady

big kiss thank u this will make several years of work go to a year if i am lucky

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (5 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 3 months ago (42 minutes after post)

spiratec9 wrote:

Just Max wrote:
hopefully why i posted here someone has run across it

if not then i just give away a million dollar idea

Not a million dollar idea. Pdf files are not ascii.So the files can be easily
searched I would think.But maybe they are ascii.
Try searching a file you know has the word in it.And try windows search tool
on the test file.

Well sorry boys but I just got windows to search a pdf file for the word
“plated” and it got it right.

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (5 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 3 months ago (44 minutes after post)

spiratec9 wrote:

spiratec9 wrote:
Just Max wrote:
hopefully why i posted here someone has run across it

if not then i just give away a million dollar idea

Not a million dollar idea. Pdf files are not ascii.So the files can be easily
searched I would think.But maybe they are ascii.
Try searching a file you know has the word in it.And try windows search tool
on the test file.

Well sorry boys but I just got windows to search a pdf file for the word
“plated” and it got it right.

And no the word “plated” was not in the file title.
It found it inside the pdf file.It must be in ASCII after all.

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Just Max offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (47 minutes after post)

if anything comes out of my mouth and helps spark a idea in someones head or makes them think———– i look at it as if it was a good deed——i have gotten some of my best ideas because of others words or actions

and it not just one file it is several in fact 96 pdfs

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southern_comfort offline Verified User (7 years) Long Term User Shouts: 200 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (48 minutes after post)

@spiratec9. What about multiple pdf files at once? I believe that’s what JM wants to do.

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (5 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 3 months ago (50 minutes after post)

southern_comfort wrote:
@spiratec9. What about multiple pdf files at once? I believe that’s what JM wants to do.

yes like you said just put all the pdf files into one folder and tell windows
to search for say “plated” and there you go.It will work.
He should just try it with two or three to see if it works.

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southern_comfort offline Verified User (7 years) Long Term User Shouts: 200 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (50 minutes after post)

Just Max. Are you looking for examples of plagiarism by chance? The same content printed in several different tomes?

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Just Max offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (55 minutes after post)

for one

i have a idea when i was a little kid i use to hear stories from everywhere because of my family and parents friends and there is alot of overlapping details

i have done the religion side of this took 11 years

so now i am doing the other side the only thing u really carry in life is what u know the rest can be lost

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (5 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 3 months ago (55 minutes after post)

To filter the text typing search “two” won’t work.
But “two shooters” will work.Refering to JFK .

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Just Max offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (1 hour, 1 minute after post)

ok here is a quick ex of what i am using

egyptian book of the dead——-the key of solomon

now with both of those files open i can use the search and use key terms to sync up and see if there any matches in the text

now add in another 94 books

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Just Max offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (1 hour, 8 minutes after post)

i go under the general idea that if something is repeated and used over and over and over again how ever unlikley it might sound it most likey is the truth

and if the cultures never had a chance to meet or talk even better

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Just Max offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (1 hour, 18 minutes after post)

for those ppl that might need something along the lines for later
http://www.tracker-software.com/produ…

thanks to southern_comfort—— for the answer

buy the software if u can afford it to students and broke ppl there is a freeware version they offer or u can use this

http://bitsnoop.com/pdf-xchange-viewe…

rem if u use this to buy it when u have the money to spare that is in the spirt of this p2p system if u do not like it at all delete it and u saved your the money

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