What you will see
You cannot find any searchable PDF* documents when searching in Windows 7 and 8 64-bit systems. These documents are generated using an Optical Character Recognition app (e.g., AccuRead OCR).
* Portable Document Format
Recommended solution
To resolve this issue, install the missing iFilter (PDF iFilter 64 11.0.01) in Windows 64-bit systems.
NOTE: This will correct the issue only with new documents. To be able to search previously indexed documents, make sure to rebuild the index by performing the following:
| Step | Action |
| 1 | Click Start, and then select Control Panel. |
| 2 | Change View By to Small Icons, and then select Indexing Options. |
| 3 | Click Advanced. |
| 4 | On the Indexing Settings tab, click Rebuild, and then OK. Click here to view image. |
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Explanation
The PDF iFilter for Windows 64-bit is not available. This is a limitation of the Microsoft Windows 7 and 8 64-bit search engine. Enable indexing in Windows by installing the Adobe PDF iFilter described in the preceding section.
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