3.1 Function List
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■Searching Files
By using the search function, you can search files in the [ScanSnap] folder ([My ScanSnap]
folder for Windows XP/Windows 2000).
Files can be searched in the following ways.
zSpecify a character string and search
zSpecify search conditions and search
The following types of search functions can be used to perform a search.
zAdobe Acrobat search
Searchable PDF files can be searched.
Search results are shown in Adobe Acrobat.
zWindows Desktop Search
All files can be searched.
Search results are shown in the [Search results] folder created during a search in the
Folder List Pane of the Main Window.
PDF files with security options (such as a password) cannot be searched.
zFolders that can be searched with Windows Desktop Search are only those in the
indexed locations which are set in [Control Panel] J [Indexing Options] in [Popular]
on the [Options] dialog box or if you create a shortcut to a local folder unless they
have been specified to be indexed. You will not be able to use Windows Desktop
Search if you modify the [ScanSnap] folder (the [My ScanSnap] folder for Windows
XP). Include those folders as the indexing target. Run Search after they are
indexed.
For Windows 7, when [Indexing Options] is not displayed, select either [Large
icons] or [Small icons] for [View by].
zThe following files cannot be searched.
-Hidden files
-Files with a full path that exceeds 220 bytes
-Files with the same file name formats as the files created in the hidden folder
".organizer".
-lnk files (.lnk) in the [ScanSnap] folder ([My ScanSnap] folder for Windows XP)
zIn the case that the assigned folder is a network folder, the search function is not
supported for files in a network folder.
zIf you perform a desktop search immediately after renaming, moving, or deleting a
file, the file before the operation may be searched.