Searching for a term in pdf document Thread poster: Armorel Young
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Is it true that there is no way of getting the computer to find a particular word in a pdf document? I'm thinking of occasions when I'm looking for references to a particular term - Google points me to a pdf document, but when I use the "Find" feature from the "Edit" menu in Windows (I'm using Windows 98) it returns no results - even if I know perfectly well that the word I'm looking for is in there somewhere. Is there anything else I can do?
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chance (X)
French to Chinese
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| Adobe Reader 6.0 | Mar 11, 2004 |
Try to use the "find" function in Adobe Reader 6.0.
Good luck 
[Edited at 2004-03-11 15:21]
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| make sure you use Acrobat's Find command, not your browser's | Mar 11, 2004 |
when the PDF opens in your browser Window, Acrobat's tools and commands are available just below the browser's tools and commands - make sure you use Acrobat's Find command, not your browser's.
HtH,
Roberta
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Tobi
Local time: 07:58
English to German
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| Only if it is a text document | Mar 11, 2004 |
It depends on the source of a PDF document whether you can use Acrobat's Find command to search the document. If the PDF was created from a text-based file, like Word or Frame, or also Excel, you can search it. If the source is a vector-based (CAD) or bitmap (scans) format, you can't.
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PAS 
Local time: 07:58
Polish to English
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| Adobe Reader 6 is better | Mar 11, 2004 |
As opposed to older versions
In the search bar (it opens up on the right side of the Reader window) it finds all instances of the word you are looking for, with a few words of context on each side. Clicking on each instance takes you to that particular place in the pdf document.
There are also options of finding whole words only and case sensitive search.
Veeeery useful stuff, especially in long pdf docs.
HTH
Pawel Skalinski
[Edited at 2004-03-1... See more As opposed to older versions
In the search bar (it opens up on the right side of the Reader window) it finds all instances of the word you are looking for, with a few words of context on each side. Clicking on each instance takes you to that particular place in the pdf document.
There are also options of finding whole words only and case sensitive search.
Veeeery useful stuff, especially in long pdf docs.
HTH
Pawel Skalinski
[Edited at 2004-03-11 12:20] ▲ Collapse
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Csaba Ban
Hungary
Local time: 07:58
Member (2002)
English to Hungarian
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The "Find" (Ctrl F) function works well within a pdf. Now I have 6.0, but it also worked in version 5.0.
You may encounter some problems when you try to search for a sequence of several words: if the expression breaks between two lines, the Find function may not be able to find it.
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lenkl
Local time: 07:58
French to English
| Google toolbar | Mar 11, 2004 |
It is also useless to try and click on a term in the Google toolbar when a .pdf file is displayed. Use Ctrl + F or the little binocs instead.
Have fun.
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Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 23:58
English to Spanish
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In memoriam
You have the option to ¨view as HTML¨, use that option and it actually highlights the term wherever it appears.
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Suzanne Blangsted (X)
Local time: 22:58
Danish to English
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| search function | Mar 11, 2004 |
when in PDF, the PDF search function looks like binoculars. Click on that one.
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Doru Voin
Romania
Local time: 08:58
English to Romanian
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| Ctrl+F, then Ctrl+G | Mar 11, 2004 |
lenkl wrote:
Use Ctrl + F or the little binocs instead.
Have fun.
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