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February 19, 2019
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Acrobat Reader DC Advanced Search window not opening

  • February 19, 2019
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The advanced search window isn't opening. I have restarted my machine, restarted Reader and tried with several files.

It previously worked on this file, and all others.

I have tried the menu option and using the hotkeys.

Help to fix this appreciated.

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    AnandSri
    Community Manager
    AnandSriCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    February 19, 2019

    Hello Adamt,

    We're sorry for the trouble you had with the advanced search option in Adobe Reader, try opening the Advanced search option from the keyboard Shift+Ctrl/Command+F, or from Edit > Advanced Search.

    You may also refer to the help article Searching PDFs, Adobe Acrobat

    Are you getting any error message or error code when trying to access the Advanced search option in Adobe Reader?

    Repair Adobe Reader once and reboot the machine, help>repair installation.

    Make sure you have the latest verison of Adobe Reader 19.010.20091 installed, check for any pending updates from help>check for updates, reboot the machine after updating Adobe Reader and check.

    Are you not able to access the advanced search feature in a specific PDF file or is it with all the PDF files?

    Are you on a Mac or Windows machine and what is the version?

    What is the version of Adobe Reader installed? To identify, refer to Identify the product and its version for Acrobat and Reader DC

    Let us know how it goes and share your observation.

    Thanks,

    Anand Sri.

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    adamt44454441Author
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    February 19, 2019

    Hi,

    Thanks, but as it says in my question, I have tried the menu option and hot keys. The advanced search window is not opening.

    AnandSri
    Community Manager
    AnandSriCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    February 19, 2019

    Try repairing and updating Adobe Reader once and check. If the issue is specific to one PDF, then please share the file with us so that we can test it at our end, share the file by direct/private message only How Do I Send Private Message

    Thanks,

    Anand Sri.

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