How to Search

Using Search Option in PDF

Description The Search option is used to enable the user to find the file required quickly and easily. The search option has many other criteria which make finding the required information easier. The Search option is used to find anything starting from an alphabet, word, sentence, and another PDF document. All the user has to do is to input the required information in the Search window accordingly. The search option is used to find multiple PDF files in different locations as required by the user in two ways. There are the:

Advanced Search Options Basic Search Options.

This topic describes the procedure to find a PDF document in a specific location using both these search options.

Advanced Search Options

Purpose Advanced Search option is used to find the users requirement in a precise way. This is enabled by the presence of various criteria related to the search. The user has to input the options as required to get a refined search. Make sure any of the recent versions of Adobe acrobat products are installed and an existing PDF file is opened. The procedure to operate the search option is as follows: 1. Open any existing PDF file using the Adobe product installed in the system. Figure 1 shows a typical PDF document opened.

Preliminary Setup Steps

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FIGURE 1 A TYPICAL PDF DOCUMENT OPENED

2. Click Edit menu and select Search or use the shortcut key Shift+Ctrl+F to open the search options on the right side of the window. Figure 2 shows the Search option interface.

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FI G U R E 2 AD V AN C E D O P T I O N S S E AR C H W I N D O W

3. Input the required word or document name that the user needs to search in the What word or Phrase would u like to Search for? field. 4. Under Return results containing, select the options according to the requirement.

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Table 1 shows the meanings of the return result options.

TABLE 1 RETURN RESULT OPTIONS

Option Match Exact Word or Phrase

Meaning Searches for the entire string of characters, including spaces, in the order in which the search requirement is input. Searches for any instances of at least one of the words typed Searches for instances that contain all the search words, but not necessarily in the order typed. searches for terms or phrases you indicate using Boolean operators

Match Any of the Words Match All of the Words

Boolean Query

Important! With Use these Additional criteria: field as seen in Figure 2 Advanced options Search window you can search using just document characteristics, without entering a search word. For example, you can search your CD for all Adobe PDF documents that you created after a certain date. 5. Select the other options like Whole Words only, Case Sensitive, Include Bookmarks, Include Comments, and Include attachments according to the requirements. 6. Click Search and the results are displayed. Figure 3 shows the displayed result.

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FIGURE 3 SEARCH RESULT WINDOW

7. Click Done if the required information is output or else click New Search to repeat the process with the required inputs. END OF STEPS.

Basic Search Option

Purpose Steps Basic Search option is the simple way of searching. This option does not have the Additional criteria options. The procedure to operate the Basic Search option is: 1. Perform the Step 1 and Step 2 from the previous section. The search PDF window appears.

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Figure 4 shows the Search PDF interface.

FIGURE 4 SELECTING BASIC SEARCH OPTIONS WINDOW.

2. Click on Use Basic Search Options to open the Basic Search options Search window. Figure 5 shows this interface.

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FIGURE 5 BASIC SEARCH OPTION WINDOW

3. Input the information to be searched and the location from where the file is to be searched. Select the other options if necessary and click Search. 4. The search results will be displayed as shown in the Figure 6.

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FIGURE 6 SEARCH RESULTS WINDOW

5. Click Done to finish or click New Search to start a new search.

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