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> >From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@mitvma.mit.edu]
> >On Behalf Of John Ferrell
> >
> >I have accumulated a lot of pdf files with cryptic names like 39564b.pdf.
> >That particular one I have renamed to 18F452_39564b.pdf, so it is not a
> >problem.
> >
> >Rather than manually go through the files and examine them it would be nice
> >if there were an index somewhere. The Microchip files are the worst, I have
> >most of the datasheets & AppNotes under control.
> >
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >John Ferrell
>
>
>
> Try www.searchwithin.com
> I've been using it for a while, and it seems pretty good. I have the data
> sheets for the entire Atmel AVR line on my computer, as well as a bunch of
> other data sheets for every component I've ever thought of using, and it
> really simplifies matters.
> Plus it's $FREE$
>
> - Robert


I have Adobe Acrobat 5.0 (full ver. not just the reader). With this you can create an
index of your files and search them. The trick is to choose "Document Information" in the
search options and then put your search terms in the document title (Microchip files do
include the document information in the PDF which give the correct title, not the file
name). This method allows me to search for say, *16F62X*, the "*" being the wildcard and
it returns documents with 16F62X in the title!
Hope this helps.

Regards,
Stephen D. Barnes

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