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Find doesn't get any results in Reader X

Apr 11, 2012 12:34 AM

Tags: #find #reader_x #acrobat_x #search_text

I have one of my text books for school as a .pdf file and any term I put into find yields no results, even words like "the" don't come up. I am able to search most other documents I have tried and even the same document using the .pdf reader on my phone. Is there anything that could cause Reader problems? The book is around 1300 pages if that makes any difference.

 

Edit: I just installed both Nitro Reader and Foxit Reader, they both were able to search the document with no problems at all.

 

Thanks for any help!

3392 Views   12 Replies   Latest reply: puraq, Feb 26, 2013 8:55 AM
 
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  • Gilad D (try67)
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    1. Gilad D (try67),
    Apr 11, 2012 12:56 AM   in reply to AlexR4646
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    The document is probably made of a collection of scanned pages. If the author did not run OCR on the document, then it does not contain any real text and can't be searched.

     
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  • AlexR4646
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    2. AlexR4646,
    Apr 11, 2012 1:10 AM   in reply to Gilad D (try67)
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    Like I already said in my post I am able to search it with 3 other programs so it is obviously not just images. Even in Adobe Reader I am able to select and highlight the text.

     
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  • Pat Willener
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    3. Pat Willener,
    Apr 11, 2012 1:59 AM   in reply to AlexR4646
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    AlexR4646 wrote:

     

    Like I already said...

    That does not give you the right to report that reply as spam!  You are not making yourself very welcome here!

     
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  • Gilad D (try67)
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    4. Gilad D (try67),
    Apr 11, 2012 2:17 AM   in reply to AlexR4646
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    Like I already said in my post I am able to search it with 3 other programs so it is obviously not just images.

    That doesn't mean anything. Maybe those programs perform OCR behind-the-scenes...

     

     

    Even in Adobe Reader I am able to select and highlight the text.

    You should have mentioned that in your original post... In that case, it's probably a font issue. Also, make sure you're using the very latest version of Reader.

     
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  • AlexR4646
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    5. AlexR4646,
    Apr 11, 2012 2:24 AM   in reply to Pat Willener
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    Lol, well seeing as they couldn't be bothered to even read my post the comment adds nothing to this thread so I would consider it spam. And while I'm sure try67 does try to be helpful I think they mostly just want people to see their posts and find their blog selling Adobe scripts. As far as being welcome here I was just trying to see if anyone knew about/had any experience with this issue. As I mentioned I found two other programs that function correctly so if I can't get reader to work I will just stop using it and move on. Either way I wasn't every going to make it past 10 posts on here. Thanks for your reply anyways though and don't worry I won't mark you as spam. ;-P

     

    @try67: Thanks for the additional response, what exactly do you mean by a font issue though?

     
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  • Gilad D (try67)
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    6. Gilad D (try67),
    Apr 11, 2012 2:26 AM   in reply to AlexR4646
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    You have a lot of nerve... Accusing me of being a spammer in the first paragraph and then asking for my help in the second? Good luck figuring it out on your own.

     
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  • AlexR4646
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    7. AlexR4646,
    Apr 11, 2012 2:30 AM   in reply to Gilad D (try67)
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    @try67: Well to be honest I had wrote the reply before you responded then just added the last line after I saw your post.

     
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  • LoriAUC
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    8. LoriAUC,
    Apr 11, 2012 12:24 PM   in reply to AlexR4646
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    Can you tell us what operating system you're using Reader X on? Does this occur when you're using the standalone version or in a web browser?

     

    Also -- is this the latest version of Reader, which is 10.1.3?

     
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  • lnglng
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    9. lnglng,
    Jul 12, 2012 7:12 AM   in reply to AlexR4646
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    I have the same problem when I try to "FIND" a word on a document created by CAD application - Altium; But for other pdf documents, "FIND" function is OK.  I am using Adobe Reader X 10.1.3.

     

    Any solution to solve it?

     
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  • MichaelKazlow
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    10. MichaelKazlow,
    Jul 12, 2012 3:44 PM   in reply to lnglng
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    Some CAD programs do not imbed text, they use plotting commands to create graphics that look like text. Can you post a pdf somewhere for us to look at.

     
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  • lnglng
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    11. lnglng,
    Jul 16, 2012 11:55 AM   in reply to MichaelKazlow
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    After I changed to Foxit pdf reader, there is no problem to search pdf file that the CAD tool - Altium created; Even the old version Adobe pdf reader has no problem. So I guess it is not related to imbed text.

     
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  • puraq
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    12. puraq,
    Feb 26, 2013 8:55 AM   in reply to AlexR4646
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    delete the whole folder index:

     

    $:\C:\Users\burakarslan\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\11.0\Search

     

    I did it and solve the same issue.

     

    Burak

     
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