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Are PDFs searchable (both metadata and content) in Sharepoint out of Box??

  1. Share point out of box searches both metadata and content

  2. You have to install Adobe IFilter to search inside pdf documents . For Metadata Sharepoint will take care

  3. No need to install any thing

  4. Sharepoint out of box searches content of pdf documents only

  5. None of the above
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B Correct answer
Explanation

SharePoint can search PDF metadata out of the box because metadata is stored in SharePoint's own database. However, searching inside PDF content requires the Adobe IFilter to be installed on the index server. Without IFilter, only metadata is searchable, not the document body content.

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