- Click in the Search box on the title bar and click on the Show matching text results box in the drop-down menu (or press the shortcut keys Ctrl + F) to open the “Search & Replace” window, which appears in the top-right corner of the document area. Then type text in the Find box and click the cog
icon to set the following search criteria as needed.- Whole words only -- limits the search to match only whole words. For example, if you search for the word Read, the word Reader will not be found.
- Case-Sensitive -- makes the search case-sensitive. For example, if you search for the word text, the words Text and TEXT will not be found.
- Include Page Text – This option is checked by default, which allows you to search the text on PDF pages. If you only want to search text in certain elements (like bookmarks or comments), deselect it and check the corresponding option(s) in the search criteria list.
- Include Bookmarks -- enables you to search for a word in the whole text, including bookmarks.
- Include Comments -- enables you to search for a word in the whole text, including comments.
- Highlight All Text – Highlight all the text search results in the document.
- Properties – enables you to specify the color and opacity of the highlighting of the search results.
- Press Enter to start searching.
- Click the Previous/ Next button in the “Search & Replace” window or press shortcut keys “Shift + F3” or “F3” to find the previous or next result, or press Enter to find the next result.
- (Optional) Click Replace under the Previous/ Next button in the “Search & Replace” window to show the Replace With box and the related buttons, which allows you to type the replacement text and replace the text you search for. See also Search and Replace Text.
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