Selecting Indexes

The Reader development-related JADE PDF files are associated with the JADEindex.pdx PDF index file, created to enable you to define queries for rapid searches of the JADE product information library.

You will normally not have to find or select this index file yourself. Opening a PDF file associated with an index automatically makes the index searchable when you select Use Advanced Search Options at the bottom of the Search PDF pane.

However, when you first use the product library, you must add the JADEindex.pdx index to the PDF indexes over which the advanced search facility operates.

To add the index to the indexes currently available for your Acrobat searches

  1. Perform one of the following actions.

    • Select the Search command from the Edit menu.

    • Click the Search toolbar button.

    • Press Ctrl+F.

    The Search PDF pane is then displayed at the right of the Adobe Reader window.

  2. Select Use Advanced Search Options at the bottom of the Search PDF pane.

  3. In the Look In list box, select the Select Index… item. The Index selection dialog is then displayed.

  4. To add the index:

    1. Click the Add button.

    2. In the standard Open Index dialog, navigate to the directory into which the product information library was installed.

    3. Double-click on the PDX file (that is, JADEindex.pdx) or select the index and then click the Open button to select the index and close the dialog.

  5. In the Index selection dialog, select the index, check the check box at the left of the selected index name (that is, JADEindex) and then click the OK button.

    To view information about an available index, in the Index selection dialog, highlight the index name, click the Info, button, and then click the OK button. Information about the selected index is then displayed (for example, the date the index was created, the number of documents in the index, and the location and status of the index).

The item Currently Selected Indexes is then displayed in the Look In list box in the Search PDF pane. For more details, see "Searching Adobe PDF index files", in the Adobe Reader Help guide.