I download a lot of PDF files. Whether it is instruction manual for stuff I own so that I don't have to go find the had copy anymore, or hundreds of research papers, Adobe pdf files are everywhere in my computer.
Of course that creates a second problem: how to find the file I am looking for. Yes, Windows has built-in search but that doesn't do me any good. In their infinite wisdom, the file names are just random so searching by that will not work. AES papers for example just have the paper number and nothing else in their file name. I save them with the title of the paper appended to it but that still doesn't describe what is in the file. "Where is that Dolby paper on equalization?"
Windows does not index PDF files. There is an obscure plug-in called "PDF iFilter" from Adobe which remedies this and indexes pdf files so that when you type things in Windows search box, you also see pdf file content matches. This morning I realized I had not installed PDF iFilter on my new laptop. So spoiled with Android automatically migrating apps from one tablet/phone to another that I forget the antiquated system called Windows where you have to remember and reinstall all the apps yourself.
Anyway, I start the download and had a flashback to 1990s:
Didn't realize Rip Van Winkle had become a programmer at Adobe! 56K modem? T1? T1 being faster than "DSL?" Hello McFly, anybody home? We got rid of these time estimates years ago.
I know, you are using some third-party service Adobe for these file downloads. Let them know you don't want to look like you just discovered the Internet!
P.S. Despite installing the indexer, I still can't find anything in my PDF files. Oh well. Time for a reboot.
Of course that creates a second problem: how to find the file I am looking for. Yes, Windows has built-in search but that doesn't do me any good. In their infinite wisdom, the file names are just random so searching by that will not work. AES papers for example just have the paper number and nothing else in their file name. I save them with the title of the paper appended to it but that still doesn't describe what is in the file. "Where is that Dolby paper on equalization?"
Windows does not index PDF files. There is an obscure plug-in called "PDF iFilter" from Adobe which remedies this and indexes pdf files so that when you type things in Windows search box, you also see pdf file content matches. This morning I realized I had not installed PDF iFilter on my new laptop. So spoiled with Android automatically migrating apps from one tablet/phone to another that I forget the antiquated system called Windows where you have to remember and reinstall all the apps yourself.
Anyway, I start the download and had a flashback to 1990s:
Didn't realize Rip Van Winkle had become a programmer at Adobe! 56K modem? T1? T1 being faster than "DSL?" Hello McFly, anybody home? We got rid of these time estimates years ago.
I know, you are using some third-party service Adobe for these file downloads. Let them know you don't want to look like you just discovered the Internet!
P.S. Despite installing the indexer, I still can't find anything in my PDF files. Oh well. Time for a reboot.