You could always go for a Document Management System. If you import the documents into one of these - something like Laserfiche - the documents can be OCR'd and searchable whether they be TIFF, PDF (created by word or scanned in), etc.
Alex Carroll Software Support Crabtree Companies, Inc. 651-688-2727 ________________________________ From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 2:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Search software Huh? The Google appliance does search within files. Including PDF. For MS search (desktop or server) you can get a filter for PDF. Adobe has iFilters, but the filter from FoxIT is recommended. Of course, it depends on how the PDF was created. If the file was just scanned from paper into PDF, it will not search as the PDF is just an image. However, if it was created from a file (Word or something) and then create the PDF, it will work just fine. On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 3:06 PM, David James <[email protected]> wrote: The key to any search software is based on how you name your files. Traditional searches will be limited, especially if want to search within pdf or tif files. Windows search will search within Microsoft documents, but you'll have to OCR all the files to get the functionality within PDF's, tifs, or traditional scanned documents. Google search appliances won't even search within the files as of yet. We've used imaging products like imagenow or Lexis Nexis LAW to produce these results, but your budget may limit this type of solution. DPJ From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 12:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Search software Anyone using any third party search software? We have archived contract folders going back years, and we have a department that has to search through these folders for keywords, dates, etc. Windows Search is extremely lacking and extremely hit and miss. Does anyone have any other options, free or paid for? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [email protected] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
