Adobe PDF iFilter lets you index Adobe PDF documents in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010.
To install and configure Adobe PDF iFilter 9 in SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010, follow these steps:
- Install Windows Server and SharePoint. This step includes the following tasks:
- Install Windows Server 2008.
- Install the SharePoint prerequisites. To do this, run the Microsoft SharePoint Products Preparation tool.
- Install SharePoint 2010 and run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard.
- Configure a server farm topology. For example, configure a Single Server Farm.
- Create and configure a new Search Service application.
- Download and install Adobe PDF iFilter 9. For more information about how to download PDF iFilter 9, see Adobe PDF iFilter 9
(http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4025)
on the Adobe Downloads website.
- Download the Adobe PDF file icon. For more information, see Use of Adobe icons and web logos
(http://www.adobe.com/misc/linking.html)
on the Adobe website.
Note Save the Adobe PDF file icon to the following file location:
\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\IMAGES\
- Add the mapping entry to the docIcon.xml file. To do this, follow these steps:
- Open the docIcon.xml file in Notepad.
Note The docIcon.xml file is located in the \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\XML folder.
- Type the following entry in the docIcon.xml file:
<Mapping Key="pdf" Value="pdf16.gif" />
- Click Save.
- Exit Notepad.
- Add the .pdf file type to the SharePoint content index.
- Click Start, type regedit in the Search programs and files box, and then press Enter.
- Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Server\14.0\Search\Setup\ContentIndexCommon\Filters\Extension
- Right-click Extension, click New, and then click Key.
- Type .pdf, and then press Enter.
- Click .pdf, right-click (Default), and then click Modify.
- Type the following GUID in the Value data box:
{E8978DA6-047F-4E3D-9C78-CDBE46041603}
- Exit Registry Editor.
- Restart the SharePoint Search Service.
- Restart all the SharePoint servers in the server farm.