Looking for freeware .pdf searcher (not Acrobat)

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pdf seems to be the topic of the month. I've been looking high and low for
freeware (Windows) that will find text in .pdf files. Like Agent Ransack that
handles .pdf's (I know there is a shareware version).

Essentially:
1. Recurse through subdirectories.
2. Handle large (10 meg+) files.
3. NOT pay attention to the Adobe "No copy" flag that
shuts some searchers down.
4. NOT be an indexer. I want a searcher for seldom used
CD's and network drives.
5. Command line or GUI. Don't care.
6. Doesn't need to OCR images.
7. Not Acrobat reader (see #3)

Anybody found anything that works?

Thanks.
 
Searcher said:
pdf seems to be the topic of the month. I've been looking high and low for
freeware (Windows) that will find text in .pdf files.
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Windows XP can find text in PDF files without assistance.

(I think Google Desktop can also, although I haven't tested it.)
 
Searcher said:
pdf seems to be the topic of the month. I've been looking high and low for
freeware (Windows) that will find text in .pdf files. Like Agent Ransack that
handles .pdf's (I know there is a shareware version).

Essentially:
1. Recurse through subdirectories.
2. Handle large (10 meg+) files.
3. NOT pay attention to the Adobe "No copy" flag that
shuts some searchers down.
4. NOT be an indexer. I want a searcher for seldom used
CD's and network drives.
5. Command line or GUI. Don't care.
6. Doesn't need to OCR images.
7. Not Acrobat reader (see #3)

Anybody found anything that works?

Thanks.
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Try Copernic Desktop Search, or wilbur
 
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