- January
- 12
- 2008
Search iFilters released for Microsoft Office documents
Posted by erickraus
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Microsoft has released a filter pack (collection of iFilters) which will provide search indexing for a variety of Microsoft Office documents. The filters are compatible with a majority of the big search products, including:
SharePoint Portal Server 2003
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Search Server 2008
Search Server 2008 Express Edition
Exchange Server 2005
SQL Server 2005/2008
Windows Desktop Search 3.1/4.0.
The Microsoft Filter Pack provides iFilters for the following file type extensions:
.docx (Microsoft Office 2007 Word Document)
.docm (Microsoft Office Word Macro-Enabled Document)
.pptx (Microsoft Office 2007 PowerPoint Presentation)
.xlsx (Microsoft Office 2007 Excel Worksheet)
.xlsm (Microsoft Office Excel Macro-Enabled Worksheet)
.xlsb (Microsoft Office Excel Binary Worksheet)
.zip (WinZip File)
.one (Microsoft Office OneNote Section)
.vdx (Microsoft Office Visio Drawing)
.vsd (Microsoft Office Visio Drawing)
.vss (Microsoft Office Visio Stencil)
.vst (Microsoft Office Visio Template)
.vsx (Microsoft Office Visio Stencil)
.vtx (Microsoft Office Visio Template)
NOTE The current release is available in English only supporting both x86 and x64 systems.
To download the Microsoft Filter Pack or to learn more visit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=60C92A37-719C-4077-B5C6-CAC34F4227CC&displaylang=en."