Question Unable to Search the Contents of a PDF in Outlook

[hftvhftv]

I've been stumped on figuring out how to be able to search for a string of text within a PDF attachment that has been sent or received in Outlook version 1905 (Build 11629).
I have tried repairing Office 365 online, installing Adobe iFilter 64 link to download, Foxit iFilter, enabling the legacy Windows Indexing Service within the "turn Windows features on or off", all to no avail.
The system I'm on is running Windows 7 Professional.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

save the attachment to your documents folder and open it with adobe reader and search away. you can't use office for that

 

[hftvhftv]

save the attachment to your documents folder and open it with adobe reader and search away. you can't use office for that

I should have mentioned that this does work on Windows 10.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

probably because EDGE can read pdfs. time to upgrade. it does NOT work on win10 by default, you need a file viewer for it installed in Outlook as an extension most likely

 

[hftvhftv]

probably because EDGE can read pdfs. time to upgrade.

Thank you

 

[Deleted member 14196]

that's not the correct answer, it says you just need to install Adobe or some PDF reader to the host, then Outlook can get to it, I am testing that now.

 

[hftvhftv]

that's not the correct answer, it says you just need to install Adobe or some PDF reader to the host, then Outlook can get to it, I am testing that now.

Please do then, Acrobat Reader DC is installed on my Windows 7 machine

 

[Deleted member 14196]

i can't get it to work either. maybe our corporate policy won't allow it at work.

 

[hftvhftv]

i can't get it to work either. maybe our corporate policy won't allow it at work.

Are your systems all Win 10?

 

[Deleted member 14196]

yes. it looks like in Adobe you can go to Edit->Preferences and choose to enable PDF Thumbnail viewing. that might work. I guess without Adobe you can't use that feature and I am not living with adobe, EDGE is fine for me.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Are your systems all Win 10?

if you have acrobat installed, you need the iFilter installed for Outlook.

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5542

I am going to test it. maybe i will have to live with adobe.

Update, Tested. IT WORKS!

1. close outlook
2. install the link i gave you above
3. start up outlook
4. preview and text search should both work! It did on my box

 

[jsmithepa]

Not all PDF have text in them, they can merely contain embedded JPG. You can spot JPG when the texts are not straight and pixelated.

 

[hftvhftv]

if you have acrobat installed, you need the iFilter installed for Outlook.

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5542

I am going to test it. maybe i will have to live with adobe.

Update, Tested. IT WORKS!

1. close outlook
2. install the link i gave you above
3. start up outlook
4. preview and text search should both work! It did on my box

Update:
I've installed the Adobe iFilter for Windows 7 64 bit and while it does work within Windows Explorer, it still doesn't work within Outlook 32 or 64 bit edition. It however did work on Outlook 2010 32 bit installed on Windows 7 64 bit oddly enough.