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Sue34691714ys0y
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January 9, 2024
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Find function not working in 2024!

  • January 9, 2024
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Find function completely useless in Acrobat Pro which I updated to thinking that it was a problem with free Acrobat Reader. Downloaded latest version of Acrobat Pro so I doubt it is a patch problem. I am using Acrobat Pro Version 2023.008.20423 on an Apple M2. Neither Control F nor selecting Find Text or Tools makes any difference. I type in the word that appears at least 20 times in a 200 page document and it says it can't find it anywhere. Super frustrating.

    Correct answer Sue34691714ys0y

    Answering my own question here in case others run into the same thing. Under the Tools menu, under Recognize Text, click on "in this file" and it does an OCR scan that makes the text searchable rather than simply an image. Thank you Adobe support.

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    netalia_7941
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    December 18, 2024

    Was there ever a solution for this? None of the solutions work. Most documents are not created using PDF but are scanned so I'm unclear as to why the Find text option is not working. 

     

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      LHVictoria
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      February 27, 2025

      Feb 27th here.  I am having the same problem.  To clarify, I am using the free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, which used to work but not more.  I have updated to the latest version, 2024.005.20421.  Also using recent release Sonoma 14.6.  

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        TalmadgeCoker
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        May 6, 2025

        I'm having the same problem. Has a fix been posted for it? 

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        Sue34691714ys0yAuthorCorrect answer
        Participant
        January 9, 2024

        Answering my own question here in case others run into the same thing. Under the Tools menu, under Recognize Text, click on "in this file" and it does an OCR scan that makes the text searchable rather than simply an image. Thank you Adobe support.

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          DrPattyL
          Participant
          January 23, 2024

          This did not fix my issue. I have used this feature hundreds of times and now it cannot find ANYTHING.  I'm literally looking at the text and Adobe Acrobat Pro cannot find an exact match. 

           

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            graceful_flower3157
            Participant
            June 6, 2025

            I'm facing the exact same problem! It used to work just fine, I open the same document and the search runs normally. After updating it can no longer search for the right word.

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