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Search Text in PDF. Search and Highlight

The search tool is one of pdfFiller’s the latest enhancements. Using this tool, you can find a word or a phrase in a PDF document. Now you will save even more time editing or annotating your PDFs because our search tool not only finds words, but also enables you to erase, highlight, and redact them. To activate the Search tool, click the Search button on the main toolbar or press CTRL+F on your keyboard.

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The search toolbar will appear under the editing tools.

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Type the text you want to find in the search field. The counter will show you the total number of search terms found in the document and the ordinal number of the current search term. The currently selected term is highlighted in green, the others in red.

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To jump to the next search term, click the down arrow; to go to the previous instance, click the up arrow.

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OCR the document if necessary. Choose Tools>Redaction. Click the Search and Redact button. Type in your search term. Click the Search and Redact button. Click Check All which will mark each result.
Go to View>Tools>Recognize Text in This File. You will find the scanned PDF is searchable now, press Ctrl+F, you can search words in scanned PDF.
To add a digital signature to a PDF in Acrobat, users can take the following steps: Open the PDF document in Adobe Acrobat. Click on the Tools tab in the top menu bar and select Fill & Sign. Click Sign Yourself > Add Signature. Drag and resize the signature so it appropriately fits in the document.
Log in to your account. If you don't have an account, you can sign up for free on the website. Upload the document that contains the electronic signature you want to verify. You can do this by clicking on the 'Upload Document' button on the dashboard.
Open the PDF document and select Sign from the top tools bar. Alternatively, from the All tools menu, select Fill & Sign. Create your signature and initials if not already done.
How to sign documents with a digital signature. Click review link and opt to digitally sign. Click review link and opt to sign PDFs digitally. Select signature source and select name. Sign in and apply digital signature. Preview signature. Authenticate the signature. Your Signed document is sent.
To add a digital signature, open your Microsoft Word document and click where you'd like to add your signature line. From the Word ribbon, select the Insert tab and then click Signature Line in the Text group. A Signature Setup pop-up box appears. Enter your information in the text fields and click OK.
See how to sign a PDF Open the PDF document and select Sign from the top tools bar. Create your signature and initials if not already done. From the Sign panel, select your signature, move over to the field where you want to add it, and then click to place the signature. The form fields are detected automatically.
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