Adobe Acrobat XI - Manual (Page 487)

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Searching and indexing
Last updated 1/14/2015
A Find field B Find Previous C Find Next D Replace With expands to provide text field
Open the Search window
❖ Do one of the following:
• Choose Edit > Advanced Search (Shift+Ctrl/Command+F).
• On the Find toolbar, click the arrow and choose Open Full Acrobat Search.
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
❖ 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 and replace text in PDFs
Find and replace text in a PDF
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. You cannot make a global change throughout a PDF or across multiple PDFs.
Choose Edit > Find (Ctrl/Command+F).
1 Type the text you want to search for in the text box on the Find toolbar.
2 To replace text, click Replace With to expand the toolbar, then type the replacement text in the Replace With text
box.
3 (Optional) Click the arrow next to the text box and choose one or more of the following:
Whole Words Only Finds only occurrences of the complete word you type in the text box. For example, if you search
for the word stick, the words tick and sticky aren’t found.
Case-Sensitive Finds only occurrences of the words that match the capitalization you type. For example, if you
search for the word Web, the words web and WEB aren’t found.
Include Bookmarks Also searches the text in the Bookmarks panel.
Include Comments Also searches the text of any comments.
4 Click Next.
Acrobat jumps to the first instance of the search term, which appears highlighted.