How to search for multiple words in a PDF and receive a list of the missing words.

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I perform searches in PDF documents all day. I have found and used the advanced search option that shows all instances of a list of words in a particular document but is there a way to get a list of what words are missing from the document?

Example:

I am looking for aaa, bbb, and ccc in a document. The document has aaa and bbb but not ccc in it. I would like for an indication that ccc is missing from the document.

Thanks in advance and let me know if I need to go to another section of the forum.

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try67

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This can be done using a custom-made script. If you're interested in hiring someone to develop it for you feel free to contact me privately at try676 at gmail.com.

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I'm emailing you right now for a quote.

My company needs a custom code to search by state abbreviations in large pdfs, but advanced search gives me too many results.

Hope you're still around 🙂

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Thom Parker

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I would be happy to help you with that, as well. PM me here are contact me through www.windjack.com

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AkanchhaS8194121

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Hi Everettb,

We apologize for the delay in response to your query.

If I understand your query correctly, when you enter a word in the document which is not there or document doesn't contain it then you get the pop up screen shown below, but you are looking for a list of what words are missing?

As there isn't a way of searching for multiple words, so you can not get a list of what words are missing. When you enter a word in the "Search" filed then Acrobat will simply notify you with the "Result 0".

For more details on Acrobat's search feature, you may refer to- Searching PDFs, Adobe Acrobat

Regards,

Akanchha

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