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Sorcerer1313
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September 27, 2017
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Change the color of text highlighted by ctrl+f

  • September 27, 2017
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I am partially sighted. When I find text using ctrl+f, I find the results are hard to locate. Is there a way of customising the appearance of the found text?

I'm using Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.

Any pointers would be appreciated....

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    Correct answer AkanchhaS8194121

    Hi Sorcerer,

    Sorry, there isn't as such setting that you can change to allow changes in the searched text colors.

    If I understand correctly, you have referred to the color of searched text through founder?

    Regards,

    Akanchha

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    Aju32962930uc1o
    Participant
    January 23, 2024

    In Adobe Pro, if you deselect "Always use the system selection color" in the Preference / Accessibility, it will highlight the search result in a gray background. screenshot below...

     

    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 18, 2019

    You can try color options in the accessibility of the preferences.

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      ron_s2
      Participant
      March 19, 2019

      I don't see any Accessibility options in the free version of Reader.

      Bernd Alheit
      Community Expert
      Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 19, 2019

      Edit > Preferences...

      What can you see there?

      AkanchhaS8194121
      AkanchhaS8194121Correct answer
      Legend
      September 28, 2017

      Hi Sorcerer,

      Sorry, there isn't as such setting that you can change to allow changes in the searched text colors.

      If I understand correctly, you have referred to the color of searched text through founder?

      Regards,

      Akanchha

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      Sorcerer1313Author
      Participant
      September 28, 2017

      Yes - I am referring to the highlighting of the text found by the "Find" (ctrl+f) function.

      Surely it can't be just me that has this problem. I'm surprised rthat Adobe doesn't have a "settings" option for this.

        try67
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        try67Community Expert
        Community Expert
        September 28, 2017

        You can submit a feature request here: Feature Request/Bug Report Form

        And/or here: Acrobat for Windows and Mac (699 ideas) – Share your feedback on Acrobat DC

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