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jkhcast
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June 6, 2022
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search function in Acrobat Reader not working

  • June 6, 2022
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I am attempting to search a long document for specific terms/words. I constantly get the dialogue box stating 'Adobe acrobat has finished searching the document. No matches were found.' Yet i am looking right at the word i am searching for on the doc. I just uninstalled and reinstalled the latest version of Reader as I was having other problems. Those problems have now been resolved, but the search function now no longer works. I also checked for updates  and there are NONE available.  These are all docs which i have been able to 'search' previously. I attempted to uninstall and reinstall a second time and the same problem persists. I have also tried the internal 'repair' feature. I still cannot use the search function.

Edition Windows 10 Home
Version 21H2
OS build 19044.1706
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4170.0

 

 

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try67
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try67Community Expert
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June 6, 2022

Are you able to manually select the text you're searching for? If so, copy it and then paste into another application, like Notepad. Is the pasted text the same as the one you see in the PDF file?

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    jkhcastAuthor
    Participant
    June 6, 2022

    no i cant manually select the text. This is a pdf doc that i am using with acrobat reader.

    try67
    Community Expert
    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 6, 2022

    Then it's not real text. It's an image with text.

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