Adobe 62000236 Using Manual page 367

USING ACROBAT 9 PRO EXTENDED
Searching and indexing
Display the Find toolbar
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By default, the Find toolbar is already open. If it is closed, you can open it by choosing Edit > Find.
Open the Search window
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Do one of the following:
• Choose Edit > Search.
• On the Find toolbar, click the arrow
Search appears as a separate window that you can move, resize, minimize, or arrange partially or completely behind
the PDF window.
Arrange the PDF document window and Search window
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In the Search window, click Arrange Windows.
Acrobat resizes and arranges the two windows side by side so that together they almost fill the entire screen.
Note: Clicking the Arrange Windows button a second time resizes the document window but leaves the Search window
unchanged. If you want to make the Search window larger or smaller, drag the corner or edge, as you would to resize any
window on your operating system.
Find text in a PDF
The Find toolbar searches the currently open PDF.
Type the text you want to search for in the text box on the Find toolbar.
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(Optional) Click the arrow
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Finds only occurrences of the complete word you type in the text box. For example, if you search
Whole Words Only
for the word stick, the words tick and sticky aren't found.
Finds only occurrences of the words that match the capitalization you type. For example, if you search
Case-Sensitive
for the word Web, the words web and WEB aren't found.
Also searches the text in the Bookmarks panel.
Include Bookmarks
Also searches the text of any comments.
Include Comments
Press Enter.
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Acrobat jumps to the first instance of the search term, which appears highlighted.
Press Enter repeatedly to go to the next instances of the search term.
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Find text in multiple PDFs
The Search window enables you to look for search terms in multiple PDFs. For example, you can search across all PDFs
in a specific location or all files in an open PDF Portfolio.
Note: If documents are encrypted (have security applied to them), you cannot search them as part of a multiple-document
search. Open those documents first and search them one at a time. However, documents encrypted as Adobe Digital
Editions are an exception and can be searched as part of a multiple-document search.
1 Open Acrobat on your desktop (not in a web browser).
Do one of the following.
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• In the Find toolbar, type the search text, and then choose Open Full Acrobat Search from the pop-up menu.
and choose Open Full Acrobat Search.
next to the text box and choose one or more of the following:
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