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While researching the new search interface in Adobe Reader 6.0, I found the
following little gem in the help text:

Stemming:  Finds words that contain part (the stem) of the specified search
word . . . This option is not available when conducting searches for phrases
in indexes created with Acrobat 5.0 or earlier.


However, when I search for "provide" against an index created with Acrobat
Catalog v 4.05, and mark the "Stemming" checkbox, I get hits in many
documents and the results show hits on things like "provides", "provided",
and "providing".  So, which is it?  Does stemming apply to indexes created
with non-6.0 Catalog or not?  Looks to me like the help text is being less
than truthful here.




Mary McClure
Unisys Corporation
Mission Viejo, CA


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