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manueler85676699
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May 20, 2019
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Find in document (CTRL+F) - old behaviour

  • May 20, 2019
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Hello,

with last update, "find function" has changed;

previously, when the user pressed "CTRL + F", the text in the "Find" dialog was selected; in this way, it was sufficient to write and press "next" (Enter) to search for the text in the document.

with the new version, if a text is already present in the "Find" dialog, the text is no longer selected but the cursor is positioned at the end of the text; to carry out a new search it is therefore necessary to delete what is already present, insert the new text and press "next" (Enter).

Is not possible to keep the old behavior (from my point of view much more useful in case of numerous searches in the document)?

Thank you

Cronologia

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    Adobe Employee
    adeep93
    Adobe Employee
    August 16, 2019

    Hi Everyone,

    The issue has been fixed in the latest update of Adobe Acrobat and Reader (Version: 2019.012.20036). Please update your applications to the latest version and let us know if you’re facing any issues.

    For getting the latest version of the application (Adobe Acrobat or Reader DC)

    - Open the Adobe Acrobat or Reader DC application in your machine.
    – Click on the ‘Help’ menu in the application.
    – Click on ‘Check for Updates…’.
    – Update your application to the latest version and verify that the latest version is 2019.012.20036.

    For getting the version of the application (Adobe Acrobat or Reader DC)

    - Open the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC application in your machine.
    – Click on the ‘Help’ menu in the application.
    – Click on ‘About Adobe Acrobat Reader DC…’.

    Thanks
    Aakash

    Adobe Acrobat DC Team

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      dvega619
      Participant
      July 19, 2019

      same issue with my update.... annoying having to clear the "find field" like excel....

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      Adobe Employee
      adeep93
      Adobe Employee
      May 27, 2019

      Hi,

      Greetings! Sorry to hear that you're facing issues while using the Find tool. We have notified our engineering teams about the issue that you're facing and we will update you once the issue will get fix in our upcoming releases.

      Thanks,

      Adobe Acrobat DC Team

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        akanet46734321
        Participant
        May 31, 2019

        Nothing happens when I press CTRL+F. The find window doesn't come up. When I right click, and choose "Find", the Find box appears, however, I cannot type anything.  I have tried resetting, uninstalling and re-installing all to no avail. This happened after the last update.

        I'm using the current Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version - 2019.012.20034

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        Adobe Employee
        adeep93
        Adobe Employee
        May 31, 2019

        Hi,

        Is the issue happening with every file that you're using? Could you please share the exact steps of your workflow?

        Thanks,

        Adobe Acrobat DC Team

        AnandSri
        AnandSri
        Legend
        May 20, 2019

        Hello Manueler,

        With the latest release of Acrobat and Adobe Reader, the Search experience is improved and it's the newly designed behavior.

        When you type the first few letters to search in a PDF, Acrobat provides suggestions for the matching word and its frequency of occurrence in the document. When you select a word, Acrobat highlights all the matching results in the PDF. For detailed information, you may refer to the help article What's new in Adobe Acrobat DC

        Searching PDFs, Adobe Acrobat

        Would it be possible to share more about the issue you are experiencing with the new changes in the Find function so that we can assist you in a better manner?

        Thanks,

        Anand Sri.

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        manueler85676699Author
        Participant
        May 21, 2019

        I wwork a lot using pdf and excel togheter;

        I have pdf with 500-600 pages and excel file with hundreds of codes to be searched into pdf's.

        Before:

        @Excel: copy cell value

        @Adobe: CTRL+F (if textbox was not empty, text was highlighted), paste, search

        Now:

        @Excel: copy cell value

        @Adobe: CTRL+F (if textbox is not empty, I need to delete it or to use CTRL+A to select all), paste, search

        Old "search/find" behaviour was easier in case of frequent use of this function.

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