{"id":1155,"date":"2021-01-08T16:13:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T08:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2021-01-08T23:28:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T15:28:27","slug":"easy-pdf-search-the-search-process-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/2021\/01\/08\/easy-pdf-search-the-search-process-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy PDF Search &#8211; the search options explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When searching for words and phrases in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/ya_eps_overview.htm\">Easy PDF Search<\/a> (EPS), you have 4 options:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/eps_searchoptions01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/eps_searchoptions01.png 443w, https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/eps_searchoptions01-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the first option, the process flow is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EPS looks for all the folders set up in the selected libraries<\/li>\n<li>in each folder, EPS compiles a list of all the files matching the search pattern<\/li>\n<li>for each new file, EPS will index that file<\/li>\n<li>for each modified file, EPS will rebuild the index<\/li>\n<li>EPS then searches for the entered words\/phrases in the list of files it compiled in step 2 above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the second option, the process flow is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EPS looks for all the folders set up in the selected libraries<\/li>\n<li>in each folder, EPS compiles a list of all the files matching the search pattern<\/li>\n<li>for each file, EPS deletes any existing index, and builds the index again<\/li>\n<li>EPS then searches for the entered words\/phrases in the list of files it compiled in step 2 above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the third option, the process flow is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EPS looks for all the folders set up in the selected libraries<\/li>\n<li>in each folder, EPS compiles a list of all the files matching the search pattern<\/li>\n<li>EPS then searches for the entered words\/phrases only in the files where an index has already been created<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the fourth option, the process flow is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EPS searches for the entered words\/phrases in its existing index.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The point to note is that in the first 3 options, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yohz.com\/ya_eps_overview.htm\">Easy PDF Search<\/a> only returns results from files that exist.\u00a0 If a PDF file has already been indexed previously but no longer exists, EPS will not search the index of that file.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like 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