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Use the Find toolbar for a quick search of the current PDF and to replace text. Use the Search window to look for words or document properties across multiple PDFs, use advanced search options, and search PDF indexes. Find field B. Find Previous C. Find Next D. Replace With expands to provide text field. Search appears as a separate window that you can move, resize, minimize, or arrange partially or completely behind the PDF window. 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. The Find toolbar searches the currently open PDF. You can selectively replace the search term with alternative text. You replace text one instance at a time. Whole Words Only. Finds only occurrences of the complete word you type in the text box.

Finds only occurrences of the words that match the capitalization you type. Include Bookmarks. Include Comments. Click Replace to change the highlighted text, or click Next to go to the next instance of the search term. Alternatively, click Previous to go back to the previous instance of the search term.

The Search window enables you to look for search terms in multiple PDFs. The Replace With option is not availble in the Search window. 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.

In the Find toolbar, type the search text, and then choose Open Full Acrobat Search from the pop-up menu. During a search, you can click a result or use keyboard shortcuts to navigate the results without interrupting the search. Clicking the Stop button under the search-progress bar cancels further searching and limits the results to the occurrences already found. To see more results, run a new search. After you run a search from the Search window, the results appear in page order, nested under the names of each searched document.

Each item listed includes a few words of context if applicable and an icon that indicates the type of occurrence. The icon next to an instance of the search results indicates the search area in which the instance appears. Selecting an icon has the following effect:. Document icon. Makes the document active in the document window. Expand the list to show the individual search results within that document. General Search Result icon. The instance of the search term is highlighted in the document.

In non-PDF files, opens the file; or if opening of that file type is restricted, opens a message dialog box. Bookmark icon. Comments icon. May open a message indicating that the layer is hidden and asking if you want to make it visible. Attachment icon. Opens a file that is attached to the searched parent PDF and shows the highlighted instances of the search terms. For a video, see Saving Search Results in Acrobat. By default, the Search window displays basic search options.

Click Show More Options near the bottom of the window to display additional options. To restore the basic options, click Show Less Options near the bottom of the window. You can set a preference so that More search options always appear in the Search window.

In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Search. Restricts the search to the current PDF, all of a currently open PDF Portfolio if applicable , an index, or a location on your computer. What word or phrase would you like to search for. Return Results Containing. Match Exact Word Or Phrase. Searches for the entire string of characters, including spaces, in the same order in which they appear in the text box.

Match Any Of The Words. Searches for any instances of at least one of the words typed. For example, if you search for each of , the results include any instances in which one or both of the two words appear: each, of, each of , or of each.

Match All Of The Words. Searches for instances that contain all your search words, but not necessarily in the order you type them. Available only for a search of multiple PDFs or index definition files. Boolean Query. Use These Additional Criteria text options. Searches for two or more words that are separated by no more than a specified number of words, as set in the Search preferences.

You can use the additional options to customize how your word is searched, such as tick-marking the Case-Sensitive checkbox so your search query is case-sensitive, and so on. Finally, click on the Search button to begin searching. PDF files can also be searched using the default Windows search option on your Windows machine. You need to first enable an option though as shown below.

Select the File Types tab on the following screen and look for pdf in the list. Tick-mark the box for pdf. To do so, open the same Indexing Options dialog box and click on Modify.

SeekFast also lets you easily search for your terms in various file types including PDF. Foxit Reader also comes equipped with advanced search capabilities and you can use it to find whatever it is you want in your multiple PDF files. Click on the search icon next to the search box at the top-right menu. Here are the steps:. This is a versatile search function where one of the options is to be able to search for specific file extensions just like with the previous method.

Not many people use Cortana to interact with Windows compared to Alexa or Google Assistant , but voice search can be useful in this instance. These three simple methods will let you find all the PDF files on your computer, but what if you want to go deeper than that and find specific words in a PDF document. You can see how that would be a useful function when large PDF files running into dozens or even hundreds of pages are concerned. In the next section, we will show you a versatile PDF editor that can accomplish that very task.