Using the Find Toolbar

You can perform simple text searches with either one of two tools in Adobe Reader. If you have a document open in the Document pane, you can use the Find toolbar or the Search tool. Use the Find toolbar when you want to perform simple searches for keywords in an open document. Use the Search tool when you want to search in files not open in the Document pane, and when you want to narrow search results using search criteria.

To use the Find toolbar:

1.	Open a file in Adobe Reader. To use the Find toolbar, a file must be open.
2.	Open the Find toolbar by selecting Edit > Find or press Ctrl/Command+F.
3.	Type the text to be searched for in the Find toolbar text box (Figure 7.1). Figure 7.1. Type text to search for in the text box in the Find toolbar.
4.	Press the Enter/Return key.
5.	Reader opens the page where the first occurrence of the searched word appears and highlights all instances of the word throughout the document.
6.	Click Next in the Find toolbar. The next highlighted instance of the searched word appears. If the next occurrence of the word appears on another page, the page opens in the Document pane. Use the Previous and Next buttons in the Find toolbar to move back and forth to find instances of the searched word.
7.	To search for a new word(s), type the word(s) to be searched in the Find toolbar and press the Enter/Return key.

How can I expand or narrow my search?

You can expand and narrow the search criteria using the options available in the Find toolbar. Click the down arrow adjacent to Find (Figure 7.2) and select Include Comments to search comments or select Include Bookmarks to include bookmarks in your search. If you want to expand the search for both comments and bookmarks, return to the pull-down menu after selecting one item and select the other. Each time you select one of the menu options it remains enabled until you select it to turn it off.

Figure 7.2. Open the pull-down menu and select items to help you narrow or expand your search.

To narrow your search you can select Whole words only to search for whole words and Case-Sensitive to search with case sensitivity. You can likewise select one item, return to the menu and select another item if you want to include both whole words and case-sensitivity.