Configure PDF files support in Sharepoint.
Hi, Out of box SharePoint search does not includes the PDF file support which means it didn't recognize that you have uploaded a file with extension .pdf. There is very easy integration of Adobe Ifilter with SharePoint just by doing some administrative changes on SharePoint server. I am documenting the steps below: 1) Install PDF iFilter 9.0 (64 bit) from PDFiFilter64installer.zip . 2) Download PDF icon picture pdf16.gif from Adobe web site and copy to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\IMAGES\ 3) Navigate to Central Admin | Manage service applications | Search Service Application and once there click on “file types” to add the PDF file type. 4) Add the following entry in docIcon.xml file, which can be found at: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\XML <Mapping Key="pdf" Value="pdf16.gif" /> 5) Open regedit. 6)Navigate to the following location:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\...