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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.
The search toolbar will appear under the editing tools.
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.
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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How do I highlight text in a PDF on Android?
Download the app from Google Play or App Store on your mobile device.
Open the app and go to Files to choose the document.
Hit the pencil icon and then choose Comment.
Choose the highlight pen and then press and draw the lines where you want to highlight.
How do you highlight text in a PDF document?
To highlight text, follow these steps: Select the Highlight Text tool from the Comment & Markup toolbar. Drag over the text that you want highlighted. The text is now highlighted.
How do I highlight text Not in a PDF?
Click “Annotations” or “Drawing Annotations”. To highlights parts of the PDF which are not text you'll need to use one of the drawing markup tools, such as Rectangle or Oval, and set their fill color to the highlight color you wish to use.
How do I search for text in Nitro PDF?
Press Ctrl+F to open the find bar and enter the search keyword or phrase you want to find. Alternatively, access the search panel through the 'search document' icon in the left side panel, or by clicking the Find button on the Home tab.
How do you make a PDF searchable in Nitro?
Open your PDF in Nitro and select the Review tab: Select OCR: Choose the “Make Searchable” option and click “OK”: Once document has been OCR'd click SAVE.
How do you find and highlight text in a PDF?
Open your PDF in Acrobat. Click and drag the cursor to select the area of text you want to highlight. A small toolbox will appear above your text. Select the highlighter tool icon and it will automatically highlight your selected text.
How do I search for specific text in a PDF?
How To Search for a Word in a PDF Using Any PDF Reader Open any PDF with your default PDF reader. Press CTRL+F (Windows) or CMD+F (Mac). In the text box, enter your search term. The first match will be highlighted. Press “Enter” or click the right arrow to navigate between the results.
How to find and replace word in Nitro PDF?
Find and Highlight, Find and Redact, or Find and Replace Access these options a couple of ways. Choose Edit > Find > Find and Redact… or Find and Replace… Open the Find window (Command+F) from the menu bar for highlight, redact, or replace.
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