actually see files returned if I search for a keyword in the file name. what should the content field(s) be that are indexed and used in content or description fields? not seeing anything listed in the index properties... thanks in advance!

It's not supported out of the box. See https://github.com/umbraco/UmbracoExamine.PDF

Docx you might be out of luck for. You might have more like using an external search like the Google Custom Search Engine API.

thanks David. will take a look at the PDF indexing. site will only be storing internal documentation so Goggle search may not be an option.

I think I have this working.

How can I output the FileTextContent for the media files?

I see it in the Examine Mangement search results in the back office but does not appear to be available in the search preview field when I try to output the value.

            @Umbraco.RenderMacro("ezSearch", new {hideFromSearchField="umbracoNaviHide", indexType="BOTH", pageSize="5", previewFields="description,content,metaDescription,FileTextContent", previewLength="500", rootContentNodeId="1100", rootMediaNodeId="1126", searchFields="nodeName,metaTitle,metaDescription,metaKeywords,bodyText,title,subtitle,content,tags,fileTextContent,FileTextContent", searchFormLocation="TOP"})

@helper RenderMediaResult(SearchViewModel model, IPublishedContent result) {

    @foreach (var field in model.SearchFields.Where(field => result.HasValue(field)))
    {
        <p>@Highlight(Truncate(Umbraco.StripHtml(result.GetPropertyValue("FileTextContent").ToString()), model.PreviewLength), model.SearchTerms)</p>
        break;
    }
</div>

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