Enable search on PDF documents

After you install and configure Connector for Microsoft SharePoint, enable search on PDF documents. By default, SharePoint Server does not crawl PDF documents.

Add PDF file type

  1. Log in to SharePoint Server's Central Administration Console.

  2. On the left pane, click General Application Settings.

  3. Under Search, click Farm Search Administration.

  4. Under Search Service Applications, click Search Service Application.

  5. On the left panel, under Crawling, click File Types.

  6. Click New File Type, and in the File Name Extension, type pdf and click OK.

Restart SharePoint services

 Restart the following services on the machine:
  • SharePoint Foundation Search

  • SharePoint Server Search

  • IIS Admin Service

Note: You may be required to restart the machine after restarting these services.

Run a Full Crawl on SharePoint Server

  1. Log in to SharePoint Server's Central Administration Console.

  2. On the left pane, click General Application Settings.

  3. Under Search, click Farm Search Administration.

  4. Under Search Service Applications, click Search Service Application.

  5. On the left panel, click Content Sources.

  6. Click Local SharePoint Sites list, and select Start Full Crawl.

A full crawl can take several minutes. After the Full Crawl is completed, PDF documents appear in the search results.

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