A Search Engine For Books In Word/pdf Format?

[bucklt]

Am doing some studying at present, and have managed to put all 15 course books - each book in both word/pdf format - onto my laptop computer.

Am now looking for a kind of 'search engine' that will allow me to search the location/s - book/chapter/paragraph - of single words and phrases etc.

Can anyone suggest a software package (FREEWARE?) that would allow me to do that?

note: have not 'numbered' the books/chapters/paragraphs. Will the s/w package still operate o.k or will I have to number everything myself.

Completely new to this 'scenario'.....advice most appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Bucklt

[richardt1808]

hi,

you can search a word document by typing ctrl+F. This brings up a search box in which you can type your word or phrase. pdf also has a similar search option but it depends on how the text is formatted as to whether it will find everything.

[welo]

Most desktop search engines are able to search content in Word and PDF documents and should work OK.

In your case it might be useful to limit the search to a certain directory where you put your books. Copernicus Desktop Search can do this, and it's free for home use.

welo

[bucklt]

Most desktop search engines are able to search content in Word and PDF documents and should work OK.

In your case it might be useful to limit the search to a certain directory where you put your books. Copernicus Desktop Search can do this, and it's free for home use.

welo

Thanks guys......will experiment with both those methods.

Bucklt