Added keywords to saved PDFs...now how do I search for them???

[PaperQueen]

Color me an idiot if I did this wrong (says the 25-year Mac user).

For the past year, I’ve been religiously typing in keywords on all saved PDF receipts-—“receipt 2008 office,” “receipt 2008 travel,” “receipt 2008 inventory,” etc.-—thinking that doing so would make culling them for tax purposes easier later on.

Imagine my surprise upon finding Spotlight won’t do this. Try as I may, none of the keyworded documents are popping up the results.

I have to think there’s a reason the Keyword field exists when you save a doc in PDF form. Is there someone out there who can explain this one, please?

Thanks all. You guys are the best.