How to Return a List of Page Numbers after Shift+Ctrl+F Document Search

[johnc67326568]

After completing a Shift+Ctrl+F Document Search for every instance of a desired word, how do I get a LIST OF PAGE NUMBERS for each instance of a searched word? I have a document with well over 4000 pages and only desire to print the pages with a desired key word - if I can generate a list of page numbers then I can print those specific pages.

Thank you,

John

[try67]

That's not possible with the free Reader. If you had Acrobat you could export the results list as a text file, which in turn can be used to print just those pages. In Reader it's possible to do it using a custom-made script that searches the file and then prints just those pages with a match, but 4K pages might prove too much for such a script...

[johnc67326568]

The answer is simple: I will get Acrobat.

With Acrobat, how would you go about exporting the results list as a text file?

Best,

John

[try67 · Accepted solution]

It's not that simple, I'm afraid. Even with the text file you won't get a straight-forward list of the pages. You would get a CSV file where the pages number is one of the columns, which you could then extract if you open it in Excel, for example.

Saving this file is quite easy, though: There's a Save icon in the Advanced Search window.

If you do get Acrobat and are interested in a more automated solution, feel free to check out this (paid-for) tool I've developed that will take this CSV output file, process it, and then allow you to extract all the matching pages as a new file, or simply print them out directly.

You can find it here: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Print or Extract Pages from CSV Search Results