Find text in a document

The find bar searches the text of the open document, highlights every match on the pages and lists them in the sidebar.

Search the document

1. Open a document, then press Ctrl+F, choose Edit ▸ Find…, or In the app: Help ▸ Show me on the toolbar.
2. Type your text in the Find in document box. The search starts a moment after you stop typing.
3. Press Enter to go to the next match or Shift+Enter to go back to the previous one. You can also use the Next match and Previous match buttons.
4. Press Esc, or use the Close button, to close the bar. Closing it clears the highlights.

The counter beside the box shows your position, for example "3 of 12". It reads "Searching…" while the search is running and "No results" when nothing matches.

Options

Spaces in your search match any run of spaces or line breaks, so a phrase still matches when it wraps onto a new line.

The Search results list

Each match appears in the Search results tab of the sidebar with its page number and a little surrounding text. Click an entry to jump to that match.

Mark every result for redaction

If you are preparing a document for release, you can turn all the matches into redaction marks at once.

1. Search for the word or phrase.
2. In the Search results tab, click Mark all for redaction.
3. A message tells you how many areas were marked. They are black boxes that you can still review and undo.
4. Choose Document ▸ Apply redactions… when you are ready to remove the content permanently.

Searching more than one document

To search every open document, or all the PDFs in a folder, use Advanced Search. All shortcuts are listed under Keyboard shortcuts.