[Ham-Computers] Adobe Reader 9.2

Ron Youvan ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com
Sat Jan 2 21:18:27 EST 2010


> I've seen many "manuals" available for download that are really scans of the
> hard copy.  Any in that format are really pictures - there are no "words" to
> search.  Everything is just dots (pixels).

> Maybe that's what is stopping the search function. 

   Which I said several hours ago:
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   PDF viewers have built in search engines that can search pdf files made from graphic images.
(scans)  The <Ctrl> + F only works when a pdf file originated as a text (or word) document.
Look for the binoculars icon.
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    Ron  KA4INM - There is no time like the pleasant.


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