How to Search Attachment Content?

kmp
Is there any way to search the attachment content? Like the function of "Find" of window or google desktop?
  • adamsmith
    indexed attachments are automatically searched.
    If you click on the looking glass for expert search you can also select to search just "attachment content".
  • asplundj
    Is it possible to not search attachments? This especially needed in the word-plugin. I have currently turned off indexing because I get too many results when I search. If I search for an author I will get all the articles that cites this author which is quite annoying
  • adamsmith
    you can in Zotero itself (same way as above, just select author (or title, or whatever) instead of attachment content.
    In the word plug-in I don't think so, but if it's just about the author, you can also just sort the library by creator, which will allow you to find the author relatively quickly - if the library is very large, search for the author, then sort by creator, that should do - maybe not perfect, but neither would be going through a complicated search menu in the word plugin.
  • asplundj
    ok thanks well I think I keep working with indexing off then.
  • kmp
    Thanks. I have indexed PDF, how about Ms Word?
  • asplundj
    I would like a preference for only searching indexed files with advanced search

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