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A better way to search

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Anyone who has implemented Search knows all about the fun of setting up your Document Library content types as searchable meta-data. That step alone can be mind numbing, and once you have it done it always seems like one or two columns never show up for the mapping to be made until a few days later. No matter how many times you run full and incremental scans. It's like it has a mind of it own. And then begins the fun of customizing the search page to make the information easily searchable. The default methods leave alot to be desired in the way of user-friendly. So....we did something a bit different. Background: We have a group that scans information into scanners on a daily basis. This information is stored in PDF format and sent to a specific document library in Sharepoint. Once the information has been placed into the library a workflow item kicks off informing the group that they need to fill out the fields (meta-data) for the document and move it to the completed folder. Issu