Instructions on how to use WordsDigger to search words from a file folder

WordsDigger now Supports searching from files ending with .ppt, .pptx, .doc, .docx, .xlsx, xls, .html, .pdf, .txt, .csv.

License Key Verification


  • If this is your first time using Words Digger, Click Browse and you will see a small window showing you to input your License Key.
  • If you don't have a License Key yet. You can click the 'Buy License Key' Below:

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Input your License Key


  • If you haven’t bought a License Key, you can click: Buy a License Key.
  • you can also click the Wordsdigger.com or Buy a License Key on this page.
  • After you get the License Key and input it in front of ‘Verify’. You will see a successful reminding window.

Start Searching


  • Click ‘Browse’ to select a directory you want to search in.
  • input something you want to find after ‘Search Words’ .
  • The right Screenshot is an example: There are many files in D:/Test, and I forget which file I put my important information “hello” in. So I choose directory as D:/Test and Search Words as hello.

Search Result


  • After clicking Search. The yellow Processing Bar will start to work. Then you can see the searching process.
  • When Words Digger found the words you want to search, the file will be added in the Search Results Area.
  • When Searching completes, You will see a complete window. And you can see a brief scanning of the first place Words Digger found your words. Here in this example, When I search hello among all the files in D:/TEST. Words Digger found 3 files contains hello and the first place we found it in the file.

Important Notice:

.doc file and .ppt file are very old file formats from Office 2003. It's bigger in size and easy to get attacked by hackers.

.docx file was introduced by Microsoft OFFICE in 2007 after .doc version.

Because there are less and less people using these old file formats and less support on it, it might become unstable when searching from .doc and .ppt.

If you have error on searching from .doc and .ppt, it might because the installed Microsoft office or WPS not in proper situation, you can try searching a few more times.

If it's not working, you can gather .doc or .ppt files together, and put them in a seperated file folder and search this folder alone.