dtSearch Desktop is a powerful and robust information retrieval tool, having been in continous development since 1991. It enables you to search through terabytes of text in under a second because it builds an index that stores the location of the words in your files.

dtSearch Desktop automatically recognises and supports all popular file formats and never alters your original files. You can choose to index drives (including removable media), folders, files, Outlook folders or use the built-in Spider to index Web sites.

Uniquely dtSearch Desktop can perform un-indexed as well as "combination" searches.to search files that have not been indexed.

dtSearch Desktop has dozens of advanced indexing options to give you complete control over the content of each index. It will automatically collect Meta data from HTML, Word and PDF documents as well as from media files such as MP3, ASF and WMV to allow field searching. Indexes can be automatically updated by using the Windows Task Scheduler to reflect additions, deletions and modifications to your document collection.

Search
dtSearch has over two dozen indexed and unindexed text search options. See Full-Text Search Features, Fields

Features to assist in search formation include:
	Scrolling word list gives you instant feedback as you type in a search. No more 'blind' searching! Save time by typing in the first few letters then click on the word in the word list to make it part of your search. If the word isn't in the word list - it isn't in your documents - don't waste time searching for it! Otherwise just press enter and your search is done in an instant!
	Browse words... lets you see the effect on words retrieved with fuzzy, phonic, stemming or wild card searching activated.
	Search History lets you re-use previous search requests.
	Thesaurus lets you browse the built-in WordNet thesaurus and selectively include words in your search request.

Display
After a search, dtSearch will display a customisable list of all the retrieved files. Simply click to sort (or re-sort) the search results by relevancy, name, date, location, or fields. A second window will display the selected document with hits highlighted.

Some things you can do following a search:
	Use multiple hit and file navigation options like "next hit", "previous hit" and "next document" to browse all the retrieved files (word processor, database, spreadsheet, e-mail, etc.) with highlighted hits.
	Browse HTML and PDF with highlighted hits as well as embedded links and images intact.
	Automatically un-ZIP and display files inside archives. (PKZIP, WinZip, WinRAR, GZIP, and TAR compressed)
	See a Search Report (executive summary) of your search results showing hits in context.
	Cut and paste text, export search results to another application.
	Launch a file in its native application.

dtSearch Desktop displays an HTML file indexed by the built in Spider

A built-in image viewer can also display popular graphics formats (TIF, GIF, PCX, BMP, JPG, EPS, etc.). Just click to switch from the text of a file (myfile.doc) to images associated with that file (myfile1.tif, myfile2.tif, myfile3.tif). The image viewer also supports features such as zoom, flip and invert.

Related Topics

	dtSearch Spider : search across the Web using dtSearch Desktop's built-in Spider.
	dtSearch Network : Allow users to share common indexes on a server.
	FindPlus® Distributed Searching : for searching remote enterprise servers.
	Full-Text Search Features, Fields, Compatibility & Display

Evaluation, Orders & Pricing

	Download 30-Day evaluation version, click here.
	For the basic price list, or to order on-line visit Ordering page

Updates & Support

	On-line product updates and technical support are free for a minimum of one year with all purchases.
	Technical support is to a single point of contact for multi-user licenses.