Search

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accessing the search function you can search by using the shortcut "ctrl + f" or by accessing the search panel by locating the search icon on the left side of the screen (it looks like a magnifying glass) click on the icon to open the search panel the search menu will be displayed there are 2 search options available search and search & redact search search options settings whole words only check this box if you want to search for exact words only this means "cat" will not match "catalog" case sensitive check this box if your search should distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters for instance, "cat" will not match "cat" include comments check this box if you want the search to include comments made within the pdf show search markers on the scrollbar check this option to display markers on the scrollbar indicating where search results are located throughout the document using the search feature the search function process \❶\ to initiate the search, enter the word of phrase you wish to find \❷ \ click the search button to start the search process \❸ \ review search results the results will be displayed in the panel below the search bar you can click on any result to jump directly to the corresponding location in the pdf \❹\ navigate through results use the up and down arrows in the search panel to move through the search results sequentially \ \ search & redact search options settings whole words only check this box if you want to search for exact words only this means "cat" will not match "catalog" case sensitive check this box if your search should distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters for instance, "cat" will not match "cat" include comments check this box if you want the search to include comments made within the pdf show search markers on the scrollbar check this option to display markers on the scrollbar indicating where search results are located throughout the document using the search & redact feature search & redact start process \❶\ to initiate the search, enter the word of phrase you wish to find \❷ \ click the search and redact button to start the search process this will now open the redaction marks menu redaction marks ( side menu) redaction marks menu \❶\ the redaction marks menu \❷ \ select individual lines by holding down the ctrl key and clicking the line if you only want a specific word/line to be redacted \❸ \ select all if you want to select all the words/lines to be redacted or clear list to remove all marks from the list \❹\ all the redact appearance options are available to choose from see this \chapter \ for an indepth explanation \❺ \ to run the process only for the selected words/lines click the green tick \✓ \ to clear all the marks, click the garbage can icon \❻ \ select apply all redactions if you want to redact all the words/lines found note a warning message will appear before redaction starts it reminds you that all content marked for redaction will be removed permanently once the file is saved, the changes cannot be undone to prevent the original file from being overwritten, \ redacted\ is automatically added to the original file name you can change this name when saving, as the file name is displayed note this setting can be turned off if you do not want redacted files to be saved as new copies by default, this option is enabled to change this setting, go to file > preferences > security under the redacted files menu, you can deselect this option save redacted file as new copies \if you do \ just click the readaction marks on the left side menu and then click the x next to the file name as shown below cancel before saving