Organising search information task

Searching with Acrobat

Anything that I want to archive or just have a copy I save a pdf version—anything at all, search queries, emails, invoices, receipts. I can even scan a paper copy and convert the text to OCR and then search that if needed. For me it's the most convent way to store information for later retrieval.

For this task I just created a pdf file of the search results and save it on my computer. I can then search for that information through Acrobat.

The two reason for using Acrobat are:

1. I can search the contents of the pdf file without having the pdf open. (Full Text Search of PDF using Adobe Acrobat, 2007)
   
2. "PDF is now a formal open standard known as ISO 32000. Maintained by the International Organization for Standardization"—so I know my document will be accessible in the future ( Liberating information and the flow of ideas, 2008)
   
   
   
   
   

Reference:
Full Text Search of PDF using Adobe Acrobat. (2007). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2007/06/full_text_search_of_pdf_using_ad.html

Liberating information and the flow of ideas. (2008). Retrieved April 28, 2009 , from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html