Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional - Manual (Page 565)

Creating a search index
When you are ready to build an index for Adobe PDF files, be sure that you have prepared
the files and collections properly. The Catalog feature indexes all PDF documents in the
folders you select. (See
Preparing documents for indexing .)
To define and build a new index:
1. Choose Advanced > Catalog, and then click New Index.
2. In Index Title, type a file name. (See
Guidelines for cross-platform indexing
compatibility .)
3. For Index Description, type a description. Click Options, and make selections. (See
Advanced options for index descriptions .) Click OK.
4. Click Add next to Include These Directories to select a folder that the index searches in
for PDF files to include in the resulting index. If you want to add more folders, repeat this
step.
Note: You can add folders from multiple servers or disk drives, as long as you do not plan
to move the index or any items in the document collection. (See
Setting catalog
preferences .)
5. To exclude a particular subdirectory from indexing, click Add next to Exclude These
Subdirectoris, and then select a folder that is inside a folder that's listed in the Include
These Directories list.
6. Click Build, and then specify the location for the index file. Click Save.
If long path names are truncated in the Include These Directories And Exclude
These Subdirectories options, hold the pointer over each ellipsis (...) until a tool tip
appears, displaying the complete path of the included or excluded folder.
To stop an index build:
Click the Stop button in the Catalog dialog box.
Once you stop the indexing, you cannot resume the same indexing session. Instead, you
can reopen the index and rebuild, purge, or build it again. The options and folder
selections remain intact, so you do not have to redo that work.
Related Subtopics:
Advanced options for index descriptions
Adding custom properties
Excluding specific words from the index