Search function in PDF not working for words in a pdf document
WEBOct 31, 2011 · I am using Adobe Reader Ver 10.1.1 (All updates) I have a pdf document in which I am unable to search for words. No words in the document are found even though they do exist. If I copy a word from within the document and paste it into the search criteria then instead of getting the word that I cop...
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WEBOct 19, 2017 · I perform searches in PDF documents all day. I have found and used the advanced search option that shows all instances of a list of words in a particular document but is there a way to get a list of what words are missing from the document? Example: I am looking for aaa, bbb, and ccc in a document...
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WEBMar 19, 2019 · Found advanced search would allow any "single word" (ie one word at a time) search of a specified folder with all pdf files within that folder searched and a list produced. Must be in an active Adobe Acrobat DC pdf file, but search can be made of any folder. TOPICS. Create PDFs.
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WEBJun 5, 2018 · I then did a word search in the newly created PDF which did not work as large blue boxes appeared. I tried this using both Adobe Reader DC & Adobe Acrobat X with similar results. I sent the document to a colleague and she cannot do a word search either. I then did a similar word search using older PDFs and it worked as expected.
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WEBAug 16, 2017 · Solved: Help WORD SEARCH in pdf documents is not working. I use Adobe XI Standard. What can I do to restore this function? - 9277127
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WEBOct 17, 2017 · Full text search in a Secured PDF. We secure our PDFs so that the document can not be changed or printed. We are using Acrobat Pro DC and distill the postscript file using the distiller. Specifically we set the restrictions as. Printing = Not Allowed, Changes Allowed Any except extracting pages.
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WEBSep 4, 2015 · Keep in mind that text extraction is a pretty complex task, and it only works correctly if the PDF file contains all the information needed to find text information. You can test this by doing a search in your PDF file (Ctrl-F or Cmd-F), then type in the term you are looking for. Can Acrobat find it?
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WEBApr 9, 2020 · The PDF file contains renderable text (Renderable text " is the text you'd have as PDF page content when you output a PDF from an authoring file -say an MS Word file) and thus the recognize text tool is not working and some of the text is not searchable.
Re: Unable to search for words in a pdf document
WEBApr 25, 2024 · I have a pdf document in which I am unable to search for words. No words in the document are found even though they do exist. If I copy a word from within the document and paste it into the search criteria then instead of getting the word that I copied, I get substitute characters and it can in fact find these characters as …
Solved: Searching for words and then Auto-highlighting (ye.
WEBMar 9, 2018 · Searching for words and then Auto-highlighting (yellow) in Acrobat DC. Hi, I am able to search a document for multiple words with the Find Option; however, I cannot figure out how to have the 'found words' auto-highlighted in yellow "within" the document. I am aware of how to see the results below in the attached screen shot where the 'found ...