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garybeckwith
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July 9, 2014
Question

Search / Replace in Acrobat Pro 9 ??

  • July 9, 2014
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I have a PDF that needs some significant editing.   I can't go back to the source. I could accomplish a lot with a search / replace tool.  I've been searching through the help files and information online and I can't figure out if there is a search/replace tool in this product.  I have found the search / redact tool, but no search / replace.    Does anyone know if Acro Pro 9 has this feature?  If not, is there a free plugin that could do this...?  and in which version of Acrobat did they introduce search/replace?

Thanks

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enelani
enelani
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February 13, 2022

You can delete individual words or sentences in a PDF file in Acrobat 9 Pro by going to:

Tools > Advanced Editing  > TouchUp Text Tool

Swipe across selected text then hit the delete button.

The only way to replace text is to delete (as above) and then type in new text.
If you have the same text on multiple pages, you can only delete/replace individually - not all at once.

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Test Screen Name
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July 9, 2014

No there is no search/replace in any release. PDF is really utterly unsuited to this kind of work. Acrobat is nothing like Word and never will be... if there is any way to get the original, please do that. Otherwise you may need to remake an editable document (e.g. exporting DOC or copy/paste text).

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garybeckwithAuthor
Known Participant
July 9, 2014

Yes there is search replace in newer versions, at least according to Adobe.  see here:

Acrobat Help | Searching PDFs

Find and replace text in PDFs

Find and replace text in a PDF

The Find toolbar searches the currently open PDF. You can selectively replace the search term with alternative text. You replace text one instance at a time. You cannot make a global change throughout a PDF or across multiple PDFs.

  • Choose Edit > Find (Ctrl/Command+F).

  • Type the text you want to search for in the text box on the Find toolbar.

  • To replace text, click Replace With to expand the toolbar, then type the replacement text in the Replace With text box.

CtDave
CtDave
Participating Frequently
July 10, 2014

The help article is for Acrobat XI. The feature described/discussed was introduced with Acrobat XI.

You refer to the use of Acrobat 9 Pro. That version (and "8" and "X") do not have this feature.

If you need the feature you will have to move up to "XI".

Be well...

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