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This article teaches you how to find words or sentences in PDF documents through the free Adobe Reader DC or Google Chrome web browser for Mac and Windows, or using the Preview app on Mac.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: Use Adobe Reader DC

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   to view the next result or return to the previous result on the currently displayed page. advertisement

Method 3 of 3: Use Preview on Mac

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   Open PDF documents with the Preview application. You will double-click on the blue Preview icon that looks like overlapping photos, then click File (File) in the menu bar and Open ... (Open) in the currently displayed menu. Please select a file in the dialog box and click Open.
   • Preview is Apple's exclusive image viewer that comes pre-installed on most versions of Mac OS.

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   Click Edit (Edit) on the menu bar.

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   Click Find (Find).

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   Click Find ....

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   Type a word or sentence in the "Search" field in the upper-right corner of the window.

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   Click next (Next). The entire word or sentence you are looking for in the text is highlighted.
   • Click < or > below the search field to move to where the word or sentence is in the text.
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