Adobe acrobat reader 7.0 User Manual
Setting Search preferences
You can set preferences for the Search feature. Those settings apply to all
subsequent searches.
To set search preferences:
1. Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Reader > Preferences (Mac OS).
2. Click Search.
3. Select the options you want, and click OK.
2. Click Search.
3. Select the options you want, and click OK.
Ignore Asian Character Width
Finds both half-width and full-width instances of the Asian language characters in the
search text.
search text.
Ignore Diacritics And Accents
Finds both cafe and café when you type cafe as the search text, for example. If this option
is not selected, typing cafe does not find café.
is not selected, typing cafe does not find café.
Always Use Advanced Search Options
Makes the Advanced Search options the default display, and the Basic Search options
display is not available.
display is not available.
Maximum Number Of Documents Returned In Results
Limits the search results to a specific number of documents. The default value is 100, but
you can enter any number from 1 to 10,000.
you can enter any number from 1 to 10,000.
Range Of Words For Proximity Searches
Limits the search results to those in which the number of words between the specified
words isn't more than the number you specify. You can enter any number from 1 to
10,000.
words isn't more than the number you specify. You can enter any number from 1 to
10,000.
Enable Fast Find
Automatically generates a cache of information from any Adobe PDF file that you search.
The cache then speeds the search process the next time you search the same file. To avoid
excessively large caches, which can slow overall performance, don't set the value of the
Maximum Cache Size option too high.
The cache then speeds the search process the next time you search the same file. To avoid
excessively large caches, which can slow overall performance, don't set the value of the
Maximum Cache Size option too high.
Maximum Cache Size
Limits the temporary cache of search information for the Fast Find option to the specified
size in megabytes. The default value is 20, but you can enter any number between 5 and
10,000. When the cache size starts to exceed the size specified, the least-recently used
cache information is deleted.
size in megabytes. The default value is 20, but you can enter any number between 5 and
10,000. When the cache size starts to exceed the size specified, the least-recently used
cache information is deleted.
Purge Cache Contents
Deletes the Fast Find option's entire temporary cache of search information.