Installing the Adobe PDF Ifilter for MOSS 2007

• Download the Adobe PDF IFilter 6.0 from here
• Stop the IIS Admin service: Start > Run > Services.msc > Stop the IIS Admin Service
• Run the Adobe PDF IFilter 6.0 Setup program (ifilter60.exe) to install the filter on the server.

• Copy a GIF that you would like to use as an icon (16X16) in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\Template\Images".

  Edit the file C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web server extensions\12\Template\Xml\DOCICON.XML .

  Add an entry for the .pdf extension.

• Perform an “iisreset” or recycle the SharePoint Application Pools.

  Add the .pdf file type to the index list:

  a) Go to Central Administration, then to the Shared Services Administration Web of the current SSP, go to Search Settings and next to File Type.

  b) Add the new file type “pdf”.

  
  

  Perform a Full Update on the Search content indexes.