Access the search features

Where you start your search depends on the type of search you want to run. Use the Find toolbar for a quick search of the current PDF. Use the Search window to look for words or document properties across multiple PDFs, use advanced search options, and search PDF indexes.

Display the Find toolbar

By default, the Find toolbar is already open. Use this procedure to open it if it has been closed.

Do one of the following:

Choose Edit > Find.
Right-click/Control-click the toolbar area and choose Find on the context menu.
Press Ctrl+F/Command+F.

Open the Search window

Do one of the following:

Choose Edit > Search.
On the Find toolbar, click the arrow and choose Open Full Acrobat Search.

Search appears as a separate window that you can move, resize, minimize, or arrange partially or completely behind the PDF window.

Arrange the PDF document window and Search window

In the Search window, click Arrange Windows.

Acrobat resizes and arranges the two windows side by side so that together they almost fill the entire screen.

Note: Clicking the Arrange Windows button a second time resizes the document window but leaves the Search window unchanged. If you want to make the Search window larger or smaller, drag the corner or edge, as you would to resize any window on your operating system.