Many major search engines now have the capability to index PDF files created by Adobe Acrobat and return them in search results. If you are a Web site owner with PDF files on your site, this is ...

The search function in Adobe Acrobat Reader allows you to locate words or phrases while working with PDF documents, even if it has been converted to PDF using character recognition technology (OCR).

The latest update also allows for text searching within PDFs, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft PowerPoint files, so users can quickly find a word or phrase in a large document.