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Adobe Reader 9.x search feature not working correctly

robert23i
Registered: Oct 25 2010
Posts: 1

I have a workstation with Reader 9.1x that will not search correctly within a certain PDF file. The same file can be searched on other workstations with no issues. If i do a search on a word that is clearly there, it will show a hit on another word or location other than the actual word. Like i said, it works fine on other computers with the SAME pdf file.

My Product Information:
Reader 9.1.3, Windows
montana1
Registered: Nov 19 2010
Posts: 1
I have the same problem. I had 9.3.0 and upgraded to 9.4 the problem is still there. I can see the word clearly in the pdf document, however, if I use search or find, it will not recognize the word. the exact same pdf will recognize the word on another computer.

gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
Have you tried to repair the Reader application?

What OS by name version and bit size are being used?


George Kaiser

Swiss
Registered: Sep 1 2011
Posts: 1
I know this is an old thread, but if like me you found it by searching the dreaded Google, it's worth noting that this is a bug and is fixed in adobe reader 10.1.0 where the search function works perfect. It even puts a square round the difficult words to find.
lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
montana1 wrote:
I have the same problem. I had 9.3.0 and upgraded to 9.4 the problem is still there. I can see the word clearly in the pdf document, however, if I use search or find, it will not recognize the word. the exact same pdf will recognize the word on another computer.
Unfortunately this appears to be a bug that was introduced in the recent 9.4.5 update. The search highlighting will be addressed in the next Acrobat and Reader 9 updates due out on the 13th of September 2011 as detailed in this technical note.

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.