Hello Mike J,
Sorry for the delay in response to your query and apologize for the inconvenience caused. Please try the following steps mentioned below:
- Open up PDF file in Adobe Reader
- Go to the top menu bar and click Edit then Preferences
- When the Preferences box opens, select the Search category on the left
- When in the Search category look to the bottom and click on the Purge Cache Contents box/button
- Click OK in the bottom right of Preferences and re-attempt search
- The PDF should now be fully searchable
If the issue still persists, please share the following details:
- Is the issue with one document, or with all the PDF document?
- Have you tried with another PDF document ?
- Dot version of Adobe Reader installed, to identify refer to Identify the product and its version for Acrobat and Reader DC
Let us know how it goes.
Regards,
Anand Sri.