A must-have file search tool for your computer, better than Everything

Overview

In daily work and life, a common operation on the computer is to find files, that is, to open the file explorer to find documents.

When there are more and more documents in the computer, it is difficult for us to find the desired documents quickly. Although Windows system comes with a file search function, it sometimes takes a long time to find the desired file or software, and its search speed is so slow that you want to smash the computer.

Everything can search for files on your computer in seconds, and is absolutely a must-have for your computer. However, the software Everything only solves the problem of searching for file names. Although it also has the function of searching for file contents, it is difficult to use and very troublesome.

Find files by content

There is a question about content search on Zhihu, which has nearly 600,000 views, indicating that file content search is also a rigid demand.

AnyTXT Searcher

AnyTXT Searcher is a powerful local document search application, just like a local disk Google search engine. It is your ideal free desktop content full-text search engine.

1. Overview

AnyTXT Searcher is a tool that is specifically used to search all documents in your computer, such as txt, pdf, word, etc., covering almost all text types.

The search method of AnyTXT Searcher is also unique. The normal logic is to search according to "file naming", but it searches according to "text content".

AnyTXT Searcher has a built-in powerful document parsing engine that can extract text from frequently used documents without installing any additional software, combined with a built-in high-speed indexing system to store metadata for the text. You can use AnyTXT Searcher to quickly find any word that exists on your computer. It works perfectly on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2008, 2012, 2016 and other operating systems.

2. Features

Supported formats:

• Plain text format (txt, cpp, js, html, etc.)
• Microsoft Outlook (eml)
• Microsoft Word (doc, docx)
• Microsoft Excel (xls, xlsx)
• Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt, pptx)
• Portable Document Format (pdf)

Tool Features:

• Microsoft Office (doc, xls, ppt) support
• Microsoft Office 2007 (docx, xlsx, pptx, docm, xlsm, docm) supported
• PDF document support
• Smart coding, supports all language searches
• Full-text search, real-time search
• Fast search, fast scanning

3. Installation and use

(1) Software Installation

Official website address AnyTXT Official website address: https://anytxt.cbewin.com/

Double-click the downloaded installation package to install it by default:

(2) Basic usage

First time use: AnyTXT is completely free. It will take some time to build the index for the first time. After the index is built, all new and old files will be included in the search range.

Basic search: AnyTXT is easy to use. Open the tool - enter keywords - start searching. The actual results are very good and the speed is very fast.

Search settings: Of course, you can also specify directories and file types for search. The more accurate the given range, the easier it is to find the file you need.

Precise search: Precise search mode can completely match the search term

Fuzzy search: Fuzzy search mode can search and match words: