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April 9, 2018
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Searchable PDF from FrameMaker 2015

  • April 9, 2018
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Hi

I am saving a FrameMaker file to PDF and want to search tables in the document for phrases/words that break onto two lines.

The table text is set to not hyphenate because most of the command parameters contain hyphens, and I don't want to confuse the reader. However, I can only find the phrase when I search for the part of the phase that is on the first line.  In the attached example, I search for "user subscription charging ty" and find both instances.  If I search for "user subscription charging type", I only find the one instance - the phrase in the second column.  Acrobat seems to add a space when a word breaks onto a second line.

I need to be able to search for a specific, complete phrase because many of the command parameters break onto two lines and it's a large document with many similar parameters.

Does anyone know if I can correct this behaviour?  (I cross-posted this question to the Adobe troubleshooting forum).

Thanks

Emma

Running FrameMaker 2015 version 13.0.5.547 and Acrobat XI Pro on Windows 7 Pro.

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    Stefan Gentz
    Legend
    April 9, 2018

    Hi Emma,

    is the PDF a tagged PDF?

    Would you mind sending me the FrameMaker PDF?

    TechPubsFrameMaker
    TechPubsFrameMakerAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 9, 2018

    Hi Stefan

    I don't believe it is a tagged PDF. I do not check the Generate a Tagged PDF box on the Tags tab in the PDF Setup for Selected Files dialog box when saving as a PDF.  Should I try that first?  Which tags should I include?

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    Stefan Gentz
    Legend
    April 9, 2018

    Yes, please try that. Make a backup cooy of your file, and than just include all styles (you can Shift-Mouseclick on the arrow buttons to move all styles from one to the other listbox. If you move them right → left → right → left you get a flat structure including all tags).

    TechPubsFrameMaker
    TechPubsFrameMakerAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 9, 2018

    On further investigation, in the FrameMaker file, there seems to be a space between "ty" and "pe", but I cannot select it.  That would explain the space in the PDF and why the PDF search fails.  This seems to be the case for all words that break onto the next line.

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