
You will see the window layout is in the side-by-side “Vertical split” view. To see the changes, close dtSearch and re-open it. You will receive a message notifying you that the new window layout won’t appear until you close and restart dtSearch. Once you have made the changes, click “OK”. If the screen reads “A plug-in is needed…” then select the “Configure Plug-in” button and follow the screen prompts to install (if the screen reads the plug-in is installed then there is nothing more you need to do). Look in the “Highlighting hits in Adobe Reader” area. Then under the “Window layout” section, select “Vertical split”.įinally, select “PDF view options” in the “Document Options” section. Next, go to “Search results” within the “Search Options” section and place a check next to “Checkbox” and “Type” within the “Items to include in search results” section. In the Preferences window, under “Indexing Options” place a check next to “Index filenames as text” (leave “Include path information” checked as well). To change the user preferences, go to the “Options” menu and choose “Preferences”. With Adobe Acrobat documents, there is an additional plug-in needed to be able to navigate through search results within the same document. Since most documents have a portrait orientation, a side-by-side layout is generally easier to work with. Additionally, the search results screen uses a top-bottom layout (the list of results will be on the top with a document preview on the bottom). The system will remember your preferences so you only have to modify these settings once.īy default, the program is set to search document content, but not file or folder names and there are times when searching file and folder names can be helpful.

We’ve found that modifying certain settings will increase the search capabilities and will make navigating and working with the program easier.



When you first open dtSearch the window layout and user preferences will be using the programs default settings.
