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Issue with Find Functionality

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Jul 17, 2017 Jul 17, 2017

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I am reposting this as it was marked answered despite not being so. I am aware of the Halo Effect box for the find functionality which would explain the blue box itself but would not necessarily explain why the difference in results? per my original question:

I should also point out that in the browsers where the functionality seems to be working fine, it finds 17 occurrences of a particular search term, but in Acrobat Pro's Advanced Search function, it finds 2661 instances in the same document.

Trying to understand why it is seemingly finding 1000s more instance of individual words...

******* ORIGINAL QUESTION *******

I have a document that, when performing a search for text, initially finds that text string in the PDF, but when moving to subsequent instances, shows a large blue box outline in the general area of a paragraph that does contain that text string and the text itself is not highlighted. If I try to move to the next instance, it stays on the same paragraph and seems to move the box horizontally the distance of what seems like a single character. This continues until it seemingly goes to the next line and starts moving from left to right with each subsequent result.

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This does not occur when viewing the PDF in the Chrome or EDGE browsers, but does in Acrobat Reader, Acrobat Pro and Internet Explorer.

I should also point out that in the browsers where the functionality seems to be working fine, it finds 17 occurrences of a particular search term, but in Acrobat Pro's Advanced Search function, it finds 2661 instances in the same document.

Thoughts?

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Jul 17, 2017 Jul 17, 2017

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Hi theconnollykid,

As you experience an issue with the Find functionality, could you please let us know if it is an issue with a particular file?

Have you tried to replicate the issue on other PDF files?

Can you share the file with us so we can check it on our end?

You may refer the steps provided here to share the file: How to share a document

Also, let us know the dot version of Adobe application you are using.

To check the dot version, launch the application and go to Help menu and select About Adobe (application name).

Are you on Mac or Windows? What is the OS version?

We will be waiting for your response.

Regards,

Meenakshi

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