First time use

Modified on Tue, 7 Feb, 2023 at 11:52 AM

When you enter Copernic Desktop Search for the first time, the software is in Free version. This version allows you to use Copernic Desktop Search with limited features. If you want to activate more features, such as Outlook emails or cloud files indexing, you must go to the Extensions window, using the Extensions menu item.

The Free version with limited features:

    • Allows you to index up to 75,000 documents on your computer or network drives.
    • Allows you to search content inside text based documents.
    • Allows you to search web browser favorites and history.

The extensions allow you to enable different features to improve your search experience:

Mailer extensions:

    • Google Drive extension allows you to search your files directly in Google Drive.
    • Microsoft OneDrive extension allows you to search your files directly in OneDrive.
    • Dropbox extension allows you to search your files directly in Dropbox.
Complex files extensions:
    • Microsoft Office extension
      • Microsoft Word extension allows you to search text in Microsoft Word and OpenDocuments Text files.
      • Microsoft Excel extension allows you to search text in Microsoft Excel and OpenDocuments Spreadsheet files.
      • Microsoft PowerPoint extension allows you to search text in Microsoft PowerPoint and OpenDocuments Presentation files.
      • Microsoft OneNote extension allows you to search text in Microsoft OneNote files.
    • Adobe PDF extension allows you to search text in Adobe Portable Document Format files.
    • Corel WordPerfect extension allows you to search text in Corel WordPerfect files.
    • EPub extension allows you to search text in EPub (e-book) files.
    • Image Text Recognition extension allows you to search for text content in images files and images inside other complex documents such as PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint OneNote and EPub documents.

The paid version:

Once at least one extension has been purchase, you NEED to import the license key provided by our sale partner Avangate to activate any extension:

Once at least one extension has been activated, Copernic Desktop Search will be in paid version. The paid version will enable these functionalities:

    • Custom support.
    • Commercial use.
    • GPO deployment for business.
    • No index limit (25,000 files).


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