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FoxTrot Professional Search

Search a comprehensive, centralized cache of all text found in your documents and other text-based... Created by CTM Development

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Mac

FoxTrot Professional Search builds full-text index files from documents on your disks and servers, making their contents accessible in a split second. All common document types (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, Apple Mail…) and any document type for which a Spotlight metadata importer plugin is present (over 300 file types altogether, plus file types supported by user-added Spotlight importer plugins) get indexed and become searchable using eight different search keys (Content, File name, Metadata…) with seven combinations (Includes all / any / none of the words, exact phrases, complex search strings…) and multiple search criteria.... More Info »

Optionally, a FoxTrot Search Server (sold separately) can be deployed for centralised indexing and searching. The iOS companion app FoxTrot Attaché Search (sold separately) lets you carry a plain text cache of all your indexed document content on an iPad or iPhone.

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Pricing Information

One time purchase (perpetual license) ranging between $112 and $2588

Features

Category filters Full text search In-document search Metadata Search Add a feature

Category

Education & Reference

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FoxTrot Professional Search was added by bondiblue in Nov 2017 and the latest update was made in Oct 2018. The list of alternatives was updated Jan 2018 There is a history of all activites on FoxTrot Professional Search in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on FoxTrot Professional Search or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

Document preview with search results highlighted.

Index management

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