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  • Installation / uninstallation
    • Installing and activating
      • Installing PDF Converter toolbar icon
      • Installing PDF Converter toolbar icon for multiple users
      • Installing PDF Converter on server for automated archiving
      • Installing PDF Converter on Linux server
      • Offline license activation
      • PDF Converter sample on web
      • System Requirements
    • Uninstalling
      • Removing the PDF Converter toolbar icon
      • Removing the PDF Converter toolbar icon for multiple users
      • Removing PDF Converter completely from your system
    • Upgrading
      • Upgrade PDF Converter to a new release
      • Upgrade PDF Converter design elements in a custom application
    • Release History
  • Getting started
    • PDF Converter terminology
      • PDF package
      • PDF attachments
      • Separate PDF files
      • Flat vs. structured document export
      • Single PDF file with a bookmark view
      • Alternate Notes forms
      • Archiving jobs
    • Screencasts
    • Settings
      • General Settings
      • PDF Settings
      • Toolbar Icon Settings
    • Converting client-side
      • How to export emails to a PDF package
      • How to append emails to a PDF package
      • How to export emails to multiple PDFs
      • How to export mail folders to PDF
      • How to export view categories to PDF
      • How to export all emails to PDF
      • How to export parent-child documents
      • How to manage PDF document settings
      • How to export Notes metadata
      • How to export documents to PDF/A format
      • How to convert attachments to PDF
      • How to export attachments to disk
      • How to set PDF headers and footers
      • How to reduce PDF file size
      • How to use alternate forms
      • How to create a naming rule for the PDFs
      • Summary of export options
    • Converting server-side
      • How to export multiple databases to hard disk
      • How to schedule Notes email export to PDF
      • How to export a custom/programmatic document selection
      • How to export Notes metadata
      • How to classify PDF records using folders
      • How to run post-processing tasks on the PDF files
      • How to apply PDF settings to an archiving job
  • How to...
    • How to use the conversion dialog
    • How to set up a custom naming convention for PDF files
    • How to add header and footer to a PDF document
    • Using alternate forms
    • How to convert a document collection using multiple alternate forms
    • How to convert password protected HTML content
    • How to disable HTTP stream
    • How to enable international characters
    • How to enable/disable the low-level renderer
    • How to export documents ordered as in Lotus Notes view
    • How to find your Notes Installation and Notes Data directories
    • How to enable single category export using high level renderer [embedded views]
    • How to manually activate an API enabled database
    • How to reduce the PDF file size
    • How to search a PDF package
    • How to search PDF attachments
    • How to see your PDF Converter version number
    • How to send error-prone documents/emails to the Support
    • How to set custom PDF settings from LotusScript
    • How to use alternate forms in an archiving job
    • How to set PDF security
    • How to have working doclinks in PDF files
  • Tips / miscellaneous
    • About PDF metadata
    • Are Notes document links supported?
    • Types of output
    • Attachment options
    • Can I export OLE objects to PDF?
    • Deployment check-list
    • Disabling access for non-administrators
    • Do I need to have the latest JRE (Java Runtime Environment) installed on my Workstation/Server?
    • Exporting large sets of documents/emails using the toolbar icon
    • Extracting ZIP archive files
    • How to enable Microsoft Office conversion on Domino server
    • How to enable PDF search in Windows (64-bit)
    • How to get the SharePoint repository ID
    • Java files (jar) list
    • Merging attachments with PDF forms
    • PDF filename Unicode compliance tips
    • PDF/A format description
    • Product limitations
    • Single-Click Exports
    • There's no "Show Java Debug Console" option in my Lotus Notes client
    • What is the SWING PDF Converter installation footprint?
    • Where can I find my attachments?
    • Which view/folder types are supported
  • For developers
    • Enabling your applications
    • API Design elements description
    • LotusScript API reference
      • Class SwPDFDocument
        • Public Function AppendTo(DestFilePath As String)
        • Public Function GetAsRTItem() As NotesRichTextItem
        • Public Function GetAsRTItemEx(attachmentName As String) As NotesRichTextItem
        • Public Function GetFilePath()
        • Public Function GetMetadata() as String
        • Public Function IsCollection() As Boolean
        • Public Function Recycle()
        • Public Function SaveToFile(FilePath As String)
      • Class SwPDFCreator
        • Public Function GetError() As SwPDFError
        • Public Function GetVersion() As String
        • Public Function Init(LicenseKey As String) As Boolean
        • Public Function InitWithActivationResponse(ActivationResponse As String) As Boolean
        • Public Function LoadSettingsFromUNID(PDFSettingsUNID As String, UseGeneralSettings As Boolean) As Bo
        • Public Function ProcessDocCollection(dc As NotesDocumentCollection, DbView As String) As SwPDFDocume
        • Public Function ProcessDocCollectionFromFile(FilePath As String, DbServer As String, DbPath As Strin
        • Public Function ProcessDocument(doc As NotesDocument) As SwPDFDocument
        • Public Function ProcessFolders(dbSrc As NotesDatabase, FoldersList As Variant, IncludeResponses As B
        • Public Function ProcessRTItem(rtItemSource As NotesRichTextItem) As SwPDFDocument
        • Public Function ProcessUrl(url As String) As SwPDFDocument
        • Public Function ProcessViewCategories(view As NotesView, CatList As Variant, IncludeResponses As Boo
        • Public Function SetPdfProperties(Title As String, Subject As String, Author As String, Keywords As S
        • Public Function SetWatermarkFont(fontFamily As String, size As Integer, style As Integer, colorR As
        • Public Function SetWatermarkImage(filePath As String, position As Integer, margin As Double) - Learn
        • Public Function SetWatermarkText(wmText As String, rotation As Double, position As Integer, margin A
      • Class SwPDFSettings
        • Public Function SetHTTPProxy(proxyHost As String, proxyPort As Integer)
        • Public Function SetCustomMetadata(CustomMetadata As Variant, CustomMetadataOnly As Boolean) As Boole
      • Class SwPDFRegistration
        • Public Function GetVersion() As String
        • Public Function GetLicense() As SwPDFLicense
        • Public Function Register(LicenseKey As String) As Variant
      • Class SwPDFLicense
      • Class SwPDFProgress
        • Public Function GetCurrentIndex() As Integer
        • Public Function GetStatus() As Integer
      • Class SwPDFError
    • LotusScript code samples
      • Button on form
      • Button on view
      • Add metadata
      • Add custom header/footer to PDF document
      • PDF conversion on the Web
      • Convert large number of documents
      • Change document orientation
      • Convert single document from UI
      • Doclinks sample for repository
      • View to PDF package
  • Troubleshooting
    • Troubleshooting Guide
    • Error messages
      • Error - Type mismatch in method OP_CHECK_TOS_INST AINSTANCE found, Unknown expected
      • Error - Cannot write or create file (file or disk is read-only)
      • Error - DLL issue on 64-bit servers
      • Error - Domino HTTP Error Loading Java Virtual Machine
      • Error - Exception in thread "Launcher: SwCreatePDF" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: -SOME CLASS-
      • Error - ExceptionConverter: java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException
      • Error - INITIALIZE ERROR: EXTRACTJAVARESOURCES (nn) : 91 - Object variable not set - INIT (nn) - Lea
      • Error - java.security.AccessControlException: Access denied ([SOME CLASS EXCEPTION]) - Learning Cent
      • Error - ReferenceError: openLInkPriv is not defined
      • Error - swllrend.dll corrupted or not extracted
      • Error - SWPDFSAVETODISK (29) : 53 - File not found
      • Error - There is another PDF conversion process already started
      • Error - Type mismatch (13)
    • General issues
      • Archiving jobs agent timeout
      • Concurrent execution issues
      • Conversion speed is slow
      • Document links not working
      • Email images do not appear in PDF
      • Header and footer not visible in my emails
      • Header and footer not visible or partially visible
      • How to enable SWING PDF Converter with Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)
      • Numerous "Trust to..." prompts appearing
      • PDF toolbar icon does not appear after installation
      • PDF toolbar icon not shown in IBM Notes 9 toolbar
      • PDF toolbar icon is still on my toolbar after uninstalling
      • Select categories / folders applet is failing to start
      • ZIP files can not be detached from PDF
      • PDF fonts not embedded for Asian/Arabic documents
      • Thai symbols not shown in PDF document
    • History log
      • Archiving job logs
      • Conversion and error logs
      • Notes crashes during conversion
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How to enable PDF search in Windows (64-bit)

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Modern operating systems have the PDF search functionality already built-in, so you won't need a third party tool to search PDFs - the operating system will do it for you. However if you are not able to search the PDF files, you may need to edit your Windows settings and/or install the iFilter plug-in.

The iFilter plug-in usually gets automatically installed when you install a PDF reader software (such as Adobe Reader) on 32-bit Windows. However the iFilter plug-in does not install automatically on any version of 64-bit Windows.

To find out what version of Windows is installed on your workstation, click Start, right-click Computer, click Properties and see the System type information (an example screenshot is shown below).

When iFilter is successfully installed the Filter Description will state "PDF filter" which means that Windows can now index PDF files. If you additionally wish to index the content of the PDF documents (and not just the document properties) you will need to un-check the "Index Properties Only" option and check "Index Properties and File Contents" option instead (see below screenshot).

When all of this is done it is also a good idea to rebuild the index in order to make sure that the existing PDF files are indexed correctly. Go back to Index Setting tab and hit the Rebuild button.

Note: In order to search PDF attachments as well, an iFilter should be installed which supports indexing of PDF attachments. Several commercial alternatives are available on the web.

If you have a 64-bit version of Windows installed, you would now have to go to the Control Panel, open Indexing Options and then click the Advanced button. Then on the File Types tab check that "pdf" is shown on the list. If Filter Description states "Registred IFilter is not found" you will need to install the iFilter plug-in manually. At the moment of writing this article the latest version of iFilter for 64-bit Windows is 11. You can download it from and install it.

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