File title author info in Windows Explorer

Hi,

I recently moved from WinXP and Win Vista (business version). In
Vista, I found that Windows Explorer stops showing the title, author
and other information of a PDF file (which is usually stored in the
document property of a PDF file, and can be accessed by Ctrl-D after
the PDF file is opened in Acrobat or Adobe Reader). In WinXP, if
Adobe reader (>7.0) is installed, the same information will be shown
in Windows Explorer as if they were provided in Properties when right-
click the file name. In Vista, however, such information is not
provided any more for files except for image files. Does anybody know
how do make the explorer behaves like in XP to show title and author
information for PDF files?. This feature of showing title, author and
other information of a PDF file in Windows explorer is very important
for me to manage my PDF files. I hope it is still doable. Otherwise, I
will damn Vista!

Paul.

Many thanks to Richard Urban and dean-dean for your solution to my
problem. However, I must have missed something obvious: the solution
does not seem working for me. Since I got a new machine, the Adobe
Reader is version 8.1.0. But the title and author column are still
empty in Windows Explorer for a PDF file with title and author
information provided. If I right click the PDF file name and go to
Properties -> Details, it only shows Name, Type, Folder path, Size,
Date created, Date modified, Attributes, Owner, and Computer, and
there is no place to expand this list. I uninstalled Adobe Reader,
downloaded the latest version from the link provided in dean-dean's
message, and installed it on the machine. I even tried Help -> Check
for Updates... in Adobe Reader to make sure I got the latest version.
But the new installation has no effect at all and I still got the same
result. Any hints?

Paul.

Paul,
I have exactly the same question as you. I don't have the solution yet, but
I noticed something:
The data we put in "Title", "Authors" are still there, it's just that Vista
doesn't show them when you open up an explorer to browse the folder Now if
you "Search" that folder by Title or Author etc they will eventually appear.
(remember to change the view to Detailed List"

All my pdf files are organized by the Title and Author properties(or
metadata?) too. I hate the "search" concept. I know exactly where I put my
PDF files and don't need to search! I just want to be able to browse the
folder with the Title and Author properties displayed properly.
Help!
"paulaugust2003@yahoo.com" wrote:

> Many thanks to Richard Urban and dean-dean for your solution to my
> problem. However, I must have missed something obvious: the solution
> does not seem working for me. Since I got a new machine, the Adobe
> Reader is version 8.1.0. But the title and author column are still
> empty in Windows Explorer for a PDF file with title and author
> information provided. If I right click the PDF file name and go to
> Properties -> Details, it only shows Name, Type, Folder path, Size,
> Date created, Date modified, Attributes, Owner, and Computer, and
> there is no place to expand this list. I uninstalled Adobe Reader,
> downloaded the latest version from the link provided in dean-dean's
> message, and installed it on the machine. I even tried Help -> Check
> for Updates... in Adobe Reader to make sure I got the latest version.
> But the new installation has no effect at all and I still got the same
> result. Any hints?
>
> Paul.
>
>

For whatever reason, and I tried to download all messages, I can't see all
of this thread. I didn't get to read Dean Dean or Richard's solution to
your problem or the OP. I've noticed with explorer folders in Vista that
to get access to all the choices of "headings," and there are over 100, that
you can select the categories by either

1) Selecting View on the toolbar (not "Views") (make sure you've selected
layout>menu bar first)>sort by/group by/stack by/or choose details>More and
then you can select title and authors.

2) You can right click any heading you've chosen>select title/authors on the
right click context menu.

I must be missing what you're trying to do because this seems too simple.

The are shown every time I open up a folder once selected.

CH

"huan" <huan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E0830BBB-57BD-47AB-9640-9B3D8832417C@microsoft.com...

> Paul,
> I have exactly the same question as you. I don't have the solution yet,
> but
> I noticed something:
> The data we put in "Title", "Authors" are still there, it's just that
> Vista
> doesn't show them when you open up an explorer to browse the folder Now
> if
> you "Search" that folder by Title or Author etc they will eventually
> appear.
> (remember to change the view to Detailed List"
>
> All my pdf files are organized by the Title and Author properties(or
> metadata?) too. I hate the "search" concept. I know exactly where I put my
> PDF files and don't need to search! I just want to be able to browse the
> folder with the Title and Author properties displayed properly.
> Help!
> "paulaugust2003@yahoo.com" wrote:
>

Chad,

Your way will show the Title, Author, Subject columns indeed, but they will
be EMPTY!!. For those who don't type in Title authors for their pdf files,
it's obviously not a problem. But for me, the title and authors info, which I
keyed in myself, is very important, not just the file name.

I'm trying to ask Microsoft but it doesn't want to support OEM Vista.

That's exactly the issue that brought me to this board. I have entered
comments in Properties that help me organize my PDF files. I can access and
display them on my XP machine, but not in Vista.

I see no one has replied to your question, so we're stuck!

"paulaugust2003@yahoo.com" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I recently moved from WinXP and Win Vista (business version). In
> Vista, I found that Windows Explorer stops showing the title, author
> and other information of a PDF file (which is usually stored in the
> document property of a PDF file, and can be accessed by Ctrl-D after
> the PDF file is opened in Acrobat or Adobe Reader). In WinXP, if
> Adobe reader (>7.0) is installed, the same information will be shown
> in Windows Explorer as if they were provided in Properties when right-
> click the file name. In Vista, however, such information is not
> provided any more for files except for image files. Does anybody know
> how do make the explorer behaves like in XP to show title and author
> information for PDF files?. This feature of showing title, author and
> other information of a PDF file in Windows explorer is very important
> for me to manage my PDF files. I hope it is still doable. Otherwise, I
> will damn Vista!
>
> Paul.
>
>

Have you tried displaying the Title & Authors field/column in Windows
Explorer?



"Judy in Ocala" <Judy in Ocala@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:46F2CD2A-FA79-4D99-9F76-E3D6D3AA8A7D@microsoft.com...

> That's exactly the issue that brought me to this board. I have entered
> comments in Properties that help me organize my PDF files. I can access
> and
> display them on my XP machine, but not in Vista.
>
> I see no one has replied to your question, so we're stuck!
>
> "paulaugust2003@yahoo.com" wrote:
>

I just tried that at your suggestion. Nothing is displayed in either of those
fields for PDF files. Also, they are not editable fields in the Properties
tab. The information I'm looking for is in the "Comment" field. I would copy
my files back to the XP machine if the data could be moved from the Comment
field to some other field that would work for my purposes in Vista. But with
1000+ PDF files, I wouldn't really want to.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Judy in Ocala

"Dave" wrote:

> Have you tried displaying the Title & Authors field/column in Windows
> Explorer?
>
>
>
> "Judy in Ocala" <Judy in Ocala@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:46F2CD2A-FA79-4D99-9F76-E3D6D3AA8A7D@microsoft.com...

>

There's also a "Comments" column you can display. I don't have any way to
add a comment to a PDF file to test it.

But I did display this column in my .doc folder, and it will let me add a
comment to Word files....



"Judy in Ocala" <JudyinOcala@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F2324D6C-7CAA-4116-800C-61A160F55B8A@microsoft.com...

> I just tried that at your suggestion. Nothing is displayed in either of
> those
> fields for PDF files. Also, they are not editable fields in the Properties
> tab. The information I'm looking for is in the "Comment" field. I would
> copy
> my files back to the XP machine if the data could be moved from the
> Comment
> field to some other field that would work for my purposes in Vista. But
> with
> 1000+ PDF files, I wouldn't really want to.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> Judy in Ocala
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>

I do have the comments column displayed. That's how I know the comments
aren't displaying. I can add comments to Word documents, jpeg files, lots of
file types, but not PDF.

"Dave" wrote:

> There's also a "Comments" column you can display. I don't have any way to
> add a comment to a PDF file to test it.
>
> But I did display this column in my .doc folder, and it will let me add a
> comment to Word files....
>
>
>
> "Judy in Ocala" <JudyinOcala@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F2324D6C-7CAA-4116-800C-61A160F55B8A@microsoft.com...

>