App for Searching large PDF?

blibbies · 06-28-2014, 10:45 AM

Hi I have a 1100 page pdf of a dictionary that I need to regularly search. On windows this is not a problem. On Android I have tried nearly every app free or paid. Many are completely useless and will not even search or would take hours. I have tried indexing the pdf in Acrobat, which in fact made it slower in some apps. I tried converting it to epub. The 5000 odd pages it became took most a day to produce in Calibre and was no better than as a PDF it seemed. So far the fastest app is ezPDF and can search the whole thing in about 2 minutes. The whole experience has left me a bit bewildered.

blibbies · 07-01-2014, 07:22 PM

Found a work around I use the alphabetical bookmarks then search from current page in ezPDF. Pretty sad no apps support indexing.

06-28-2014, 10:45 AM	#1
blibbies Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Android	App for Searching large PDF? Hi I have a 1100 page pdf of a dictionary that I need to regularly search. On windows this is not a problem. On Android I have tried nearly every app free or paid. Many are completely useless and will not even search or would take hours. I have tried indexing the pdf in Acrobat, which in fact made it slower in some apps. I tried converting it to epub. The 5000 odd pages it became took most a day to produce in Calibre and was no better than as a PDF it seemed. So far the fastest app is ezPDF and can search the whole thing in about 2 minutes. The whole experience has left me a bit bewildered.

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07-01-2014, 07:22 PM	#2
blibbies Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Android	Found a work around I use the alphabetical bookmarks then search from current page in ezPDF. Pretty sad no apps support indexing.

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