# Is it possible to search text (words or sentence) in PDF and MS-Word using elasticsearch

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-search-text-words-or-sentence-in-pdf-and-ms-word-using-elasticsearch/179463
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 3, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-search-text-words-or-sentence-in-pdf-and-ms-word-using-elasticsearch/179463 "2019-05-03T04:37:51Z")
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### Author: ![Seob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/seob/32/45470_2.png) [@Seob](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Seob)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-search-text-words-or-sentence-in-pdf-and-ms-word-using-elasticsearch/179463/1 "2019-05-03T04:37:51Z")

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Hi dears,

I want to know if it is possible to search text(words or sentence) in PDF and MS-Word flile, any help please  
thank you very much

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### Author: ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-search-text-words-or-sentence-in-pdf-and-ms-word-using-elasticsearch/179463/2 "2019-05-03T05:29:26Z")

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Yes it is.

Have a look at ingest attachment plugin.

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### Author: ![Seob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/seob/32/45470_2.png) [@Seob](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Seob)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-search-text-words-or-sentence-in-pdf-and-ms-word-using-elasticsearch/179463/3 "2019-05-03T05:56:15Z")

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Dears,

One more Question

Elasticsearch using, Is it possible to search text in stored PDF and Ms-Word file in Desktop?

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### Author: ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-search-text-words-or-sentence-in-pdf-and-ms-word-using-elasticsearch/179463/4 "2019-05-03T06:16:12Z")

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Have a look at FSCrawler project

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-search-text-words-or-sentence-in-pdf-and-ms-word-using-elasticsearch/179463/5 "2019-05-31T06:26:15Z")

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