Note: PageZephyr and PageZephyr Search have been DISCONTINUED. Please see our Products page for current Markzware offerings. Markzware also has ID Util, which can help you to view Adobe InDesign stories.

How to search InDesign Creative Cloud files, using Markzware’s content search application, PageZephyr Search Mac:

Content is more important than ever in this fast-moving desktop publishing (DTP) world. Content search is one way that businesses can find text for content creation.

Businesses can get software to help search InDesign CC files for usable content. PageZephyr Search is Adobe InDesign (INDD) document search software by Markzware.

PageZephyr Search can search InDesign files for Adobe CC Creative Cloud INDD workflows. This handy search application can also display the found text on the user’s desktop.

The found keywords are highlighted in the search results. If you have a version of InDesign that can open that file, you can open it in InDesign. Users can copy and paste the found text.

Markzware’s search tool, PageZephyr Search Mac, can find Adobe INDD CC text. Learn how, as this demonstration video instructs:

How to Search InDesign Creative Cloud Files via PageZephyr Search Mac

Markzware’s PageZephyr Search Mac can find InDesign CC or CS text for your usage.

How to Search InDesign Creative Cloud Files via PageZephy Search Mac:
1. Ensure that Spotlight indexing is turned on for each volume to be searched.

2. Click the word “here” (shown in blue text) on the “Welcome to PageZephyr Search” window. This will run the initial index, which may take about 20-30 minutes.)

3. In the upper left of the Search Parameter Area is the Any/All Popup.
• Select Any to do a “boolean OR” search. If any one of the search criteria is found, it will return a result. This is a much looser search than the All option.
or
• Select All for every search criteria listed to be found, in order for a result to be returned. This is equivalent to a boolean AND search. This is a much stricter search than the Any option.
You can elect to either search the text content within an InDesign file or the name of the InDesign file.

PageZephyr Search Finder Window to
Search InDesign CS6 Files:

4. Select an additional content specifier:
• begins with: The filename, or a word in the text stream, begins with the specified characters.
• ends with: The filename, or a word in the text stream, ends with the specified characters.
• matches: The entire filename, or an entire word in the text stream, exactly matches the specified text.
• contains: The filename, or an entire word in the text stream, contains the specified text.

5. Enter the keyword(s) you are seeking into the Text Entry Area.

6. Click the “+” button and enter Multiple Search Criteria to add additional parameters to a search.

Open or Show the File by Right-Clicking the Filename:
Right-Click on a filename in the Search Results and a popup menu will offer two choices:
• Open will attempt to open the file in the latest version of InDesign installed on your computer. This opens the InDesign CS6 file without showing where the highlighted word or phrase is located.
• Show in Finder will reveal your InDesign file in a standard Finder window.

Using PageZephyr Search Mac to
Search InDesign Creative Cloud Files:
Show the Search Term in the Document or Copy Text by Right-Clicking on Highlighted Text:
Right-Click on a highlighted word or phrase and a popup menu will offer two choices:
• Show Selection in Document will attempt to open the file in the latest version of InDesign installed on your computer. This will open the InDesign file and actually highlight the same text you have highlighted in PageZephyr Search. This allows you to see the text in context within the InDesign document.
• Copy will copy the highlighted text to your clipboard so it is available to paste into other applications.

Businesses can benefit from content creation, distribution and marketing. Creating and sharing quality content can help businesses to reach potential customers.

Most business decision makers prefer to receive information in the form of articles rather than ads, according to Roper Public Affairs (http://www.gfk.com). Content can help to brand your business, establish authority, and gain trust. It can help readers to feel close to a company and to make purchasing decisions.

PageZephyr Search Mac:

• supports InDesign CS through InDesign CC files, yet does not require Adobe InDesign to be installed. If an appropriate InDesign version is loaded, users can open documents in InDesign or copy and paste text into a text program.
• indexes content within Apple Macintosh storage volumes that have Spotlight enabled.
• enables users to search InDesign (INDD) documents for text and to view that text, in context.

Don’t overlook your archived InDesign content! PageZephyr Search can search InDesign CC or InDesign CS files on the Macintosh platform. You can buy Markzware’s content search application, via the PageZephyr Search page. See more desktop publishing (DTP) software for creative professionals, on the Markzware Products page.

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How to Search InDesign Creative Cloud Files via PageZephyr Search Mac