Search with index

An index search offers the following advantages.

Search more quickly through folders, because a pre-built index is used.
Widen the search by defining a set of folders and subfolders to be searched.
Narrow the search, using standard and/or custom defined fields from the PDF Properties.

Select Home > Search Multiple.

The Search floating window appears.
Select any of the search scopes below in the Look In list:
- Currently Selected Indexes
- Select Index
If you selected Select Index then the Index Manager dialog box appears.
In the Index Manager dialog box proceed with the following:
- If the preferred index is not on the list then click Add and select an index in the Open dialog box.
- If the Index Manager already lists the index file you want to use, select it, then click OK.
  
  You may select multiple index files.
From now on, the index or indexes just selected become the Currently Selected Index, appearing in the list below Look In.
Under Search For, select a search type:
- Single word or phrase
- Multiple words or phrases
See Searching by Patterns and Masks
Proceed according to your selection made in the step above.
- To search a single word or phrase, enter any words, word fragments, or phrases of interest.
- To search multiple words or phrases, click Select Words and compile a search list.
Optionally, click Advanced to display additional search criteria at the bottom of the window. Select a match type in the Match list. See Match types for details.
Proceed with step 5 on as detailed in Search in multiple documents.

Stemming is one more option in index search. This option is only available when searching index files. Use this option to find all words that have the same root. For example, type in "look" to find "looks", "looked", "looking". Wildcard characters (such as * or ?) cannot be used with this option.