The Search plug-in for Adobe Acrobat allows full text searching across all the PDF documents on the AppLINX CD-ROM. If you are interested in a specific topic, this is the best way to find the relevant documents on the CD-ROM. The AppLINX CD-ROM contains the Adobe Acrobat reader, including the Search plug-in. If you do not have the Search plug-in (look for the Tools - Search command in Acrobat), you should install this version of the reader.
To perform a search, select the Acrobat icon with the binoculars in front of a sheet of paper, or select Tools - Search - Query. You do not need to open a PDF file first. The first time you do a search, you will have to tell Acrobat what Indexes you want to use.
Three indexes have been created for the AppLINX CD-ROM, allowing you to select what types of documents you want to search. Select Indexes... in the Search dialog box, or select Tools - Search - Indexes... from the menus. Then select the Add... command.
| \index\applinx.pdx | Application Notes, Data Sheets, XCELL Articles, etc. |
| \ftp\doc\xactstp6\online.pdx | XACTstep Core Tools Documentation |
| \index\dev_sys.pdx | Other Development System Documentation |
After adding all three indexes, you will have the option of selecting a subset of the three for any search.
A few other search tools are available to you. Within any single Acrobat PDF document, the Find command (Tools - Find...) will look for text within the document. This can be especially useful when searching the 1996 Data Book. Note that the complete Data Book (single PDF file) also has a hotlinked Index.
If you have an Internet connection, you can use Xilinx 
SmartSearch
to search not only the Xilinx web site, but dozens of other sites related
to programmable logic. You can also set up Agents to watch for new documents
on the web.
See the on-line help for Acrobat Search for more information.