How to Manage PDF Files on Your Computer

Have you met this problem before? You need to find a PDF file on your computer which you have read it maybe 3 months ago, but only to find that you cannot figure out where the PDF file is. Surely, if there are tons of PDF files on your computer, to find the correct PDF file in a short time makes you headache. Are there any tools that can solve the problem? Are there any applications or tools like Picasa that can browser all pictures on your computer? The answer is YES.

This management of PDF file-PDF Explore may help you a lot. The program is designed to allow for easy management and viewing of PDF files. The search tool makes it easy for accessing to information at a later time.

OK, let’s start manage our PDF files with the PDF Explore via 3 steps.

Step 1, create database in PDF Explore for the PDF files on your computer.

Because PDF files are scattered throughout all disks on your computer, we need to create a database with PDF Explore with your PDF files on your computer. This is done via the direct scanning method, under the DiskTree entry. As folders are navigated, all the PDF files in them are automatically added to the database. To index a disk at once, select the root of the disk and the subfolders checkbox. For example, I’d like to manage the PDF files in the folder “free resources” like below.

And now you’ll find that the PDF files in free resources folder are displayed in the ScanGrid board. You’ll feel surprise when you find the PDF files in the compressed files are showed in the software board. Yes, PDF Explore can index the compressed files. You can edit the file information like filename, title, subject, author and keywords. After the PDF information completed, you can index the PDF file more conveniently. In the left of this panel, you can see the tab PDF View, Images. Click the PDF View, you can view your PDF files in this tool if you haven’t installed a PDF reader. Click Images, all pictures in the PDF files are extracted out. Learn how to edit the information, let’s go to the next step.

Step 2, fill the PDF file information in the PDF explore and batch editing your PDF files.

Very easy operation, just click InfoEdit in the software interface, you can add or edit the PDF files’ information.

The Batch Toolsenables you to batch rename the PDF files, batch extract images and so on.

Step 3, search your PDF file with PDF Explore

OK, now we can find the right PDF fast when we need, there are 2 ways for you to search the PDF files with this tool, the first way is searching/filtering PDF files with the information of file name,title, keyword and author. The other way to search file quickly is using DBDiskTree, then you can browser the PDF files in the different disk.

Besides the management, you may interested in other functions such as merge/split PDF files, watermark PDF files and encrypted PDF files with this tool. While if you need to edit PDF contents or convert PDF file to other file format like MS word, the PDF Explore is not omnipotent enough, you may need some other PDF converter tools.