Search within attached PDF files

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  davidpe · Member · October 15, 2023 at 12:54 pm

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  So I’ve attached some PDF files and validated that I can’t search within any PDF file I’ve attached. I’m note sure if this feature request has been submitted or not but I would like to request this. Without this ability, attaching PDF files or doing a scan to pdf isn’t as useful as I had hoped. Thanks!

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  staff-cara · Staff · October 18, 2023 at 5:54 am

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  Thanks for writing in with your suggestion, @davidpe! I see we have an open feature request for this, so I’ve gone ahead and added a vote for it on your behalf.

  Of course, if there’s anything else we can more immediately address for you when using the app, please let us know!

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  cyschneider73 · Member · November 1, 2023 at 8:05 am

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  I want this too. Would make DayOne my Ubertool for all kinds of documentation. That would be great. 👍

  I could not find the entry to vote for it.

  @staff-cara please give a vote for me as well. 🙏

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  helper-james · Member · November 3, 2023 at 5:33 pm

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  Hi @cyschneider73. We have added your vote!

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  yr5rh9hqdp · Member · February 26, 2024 at 7:19 am

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  Please add my vote to this too. At the moment I have to write some key metadata underneath the PDF to make it ‘surface’ in a search a bit better.

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  helper-james · Member · March 2, 2024 at 5:30 pm

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  Hi @yr5rh9hqdp I have added your vote!

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  misspnixon · Member · May 9, 2024 at 2:56 pm

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  I’m sharing this here because this morning I discovered something that blew my whole mind and I know others could benefit from it. It’s a workaround but it works.

  If you open the PDF on your computer, Select All and copy, then paste it into Day One, something magical happens. It will paste every page image and the text of each page after. Amazing! Try it. You end up with image, text, image, text. I LOVE THIS! It is such an amazing time saver and I will be using it all day today.

  I was so excited I posted this find in the Day One Reddit group.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/dayoneapp/comments/1cn5erm/imported_pdfs_convert_to_text_for_each_page/

  Now, of course, this only works for typed pages, but it’s even nice for handwritten pages that you just would like to see, page after pages that you can scroll in a Day One entry.

  There’s a hack for you. I even contacted Day One support about it. Bet they won’t even say thank you. 🤣

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  helper-lilly · Member · May 13, 2024 at 8:14 am

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  Hi @misspnixon,
  
  Thank you for sharing your workaround! We appreciate your effort in finding a solution. :)