Word search in PDF documents

With the word search you can quickly find words and text passages even in long PDF documents. In this article we show you how you can use word search.

PDF: How Word Search Works

1. Open the PDF document with Adobe Reader.
2. Click on "Search" in the "Edit" tab. Alternatively, you can open the search field with the key combination [Ctrl] + [F].
3. A "Search" field now appears in the top right. Enter the term here after you want to search the PDF document.
4. Use the "Next" and "Back" buttons to go to the individual search results.

Tip: You can also easily edit PDF files with Gimp. You can read the details in this article. The instructions are based on Adobe Reader 11.0.06.