Re: search inside microsoft documents
> I am looking for a way to be able to search inside microsoft documents.
> I am especially thinking about Microsoft Word documents.
>
I do it on a couple sites. My servers are all Linux flavors and need some extra public domain programs on them. If you go to Admin -> File Galleries, at the bottom is the File Galleries Search Indexing. I use:
| MIME Type | System command |
| application/msword | /usr/local/bin/catdoc %1 - |
| application/pdf | /usr/local/bin/pdftotext %1 |
| application/vnd.ms-excel | /usr/local/bin/xls2csv %1 |
| application/vnd.ms-powerpoint | /usr/local/bin/catppt %1 |
| text/html | strings %1 |
| text/plain | strings %1 |
The programs in /usr/local/bin need to be manually installed on your server.
I do not have any Windows Servers, The same philosophy would work, but would need different external programs.
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