FullText search

I read on the forum that "full text" refers to full-text attachment content :
- does this include notes ?
- is it necessary to index the pdf files through the Zotero client or is it expected to work with any pdf file containing text (thanks to an OCR operation for example)?
Neither of these works from the website.
(Sorry for posting this first on the wrong thread but I thought full-text search on the website was only phrase search. But my english might not be good enough to understand your explanation properly).

Thank you for your help
  • does this include notes ?
    No, full-text refers to the indexed and synced content of attached files only. Currently on the website it's only possible to search Title/Creator/Date and, optionally, attachment content.
    is it necessary to index the pdf files through the Zotero client
    Yes, and to have full-text content syncing enabled in the Sync pane of the Zotero preferences. (Currently, at least. It's possible that in the future the website will extract be able to extract text from files without relying on the client.)
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