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> As I understand it, you're wondering how you can search a pdf file. If your
computer is newer and faster than mine, you can go to Google,
click on "more>>", then scroll down the page to the Google search tool for
your own computer, download it, and search pdfs you download to
your heart's content.
sorry to Rain on your Parade, Frank, but i don't think that you have
understood the problem.
there are two ways (at least) to create a .pdf (Acrobat) file:
1) scan your pages and save them in a .pdf format.
what you will have there is, essentially, a *graphics* file, similar to a .jpg
or .gif, etc. file in that it is just pixels ; there is no text *in the file*
--therefore no ability to search for text within the file. (look at a graphics
file in notepad or something and you'll just see garbage, no text.)
or :
b) scan your pages and run them through an OCR [Optical Character Recognition]
program (FineReader, OmniPage, etc.).
in this case you no longer end up with a graphics file, but a text file (.doc,
.rtf, .txt, whichever you save the file as) and that file can, of course, be
searched for text strings.
run that file through Acrobat and save the file as a .pdf and it's viewable in
Acrobat and searchable in Acrobat with the little magnifying glass icon in the
program.
the Gallica files are all non-searchable --that magnifying glass won't find
anything.
and yet they, like the files on the CNdeC site have been "indexed" in some way
or other because you can use the search feature on both sites to find
instances of text within the .pdf files.
how?
got me.
>The downside I see is that if you're on a slower connection -- as I
am -- this process could take several years, given the transfer rate on my
telephone line.
> The upside, of course, is that you'd receive no unwanted telephone
solicitations during those years. Since I'm retired and haven't gotten an
important phone call since 1969, I'd have no problem with this if only my
computer could handle it.
gee, you got an important call in 1969?
i can't remember ever having gotten one.
and i've therefore been happily phoneless since 1990.
c
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RELIONS OF THE WORLD
TAOISM : Shit Happens.
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HINDUISM : This Shit Happened before.
ISLAMISM : If Shit Happens, Take a Hostage.
ZENISM : What is the Sound of Shit Happening?
BUDDHISM : When Shit Happens, Is It Really Shit?
CONFUCIANISM : Confucius Say, "Shit Happens".
CATHOLICISM : If Shit Happens I Deserve It.
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CHURCH OF ENGLANDISM : If You Want To Believe That Shit Happens, That's Up To
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7th DAY ADVENTISTISM : Shit Happens on Saturdays.
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSISM : Knock, Knock, "Shit Happens".
UNITARIANISM : Whether You Believe Shit Happens Or Not, You're Welcome Here.
MORMONISM : Shit Happens Again & Again & Again...
JUDIASM : Why Does This Shit Always Happen To Me?
QUAKERISM : If Shit Happens, Please Be Quiet.
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