Search & Find

You are able to quickly and easily search for specific words and phrases in open Nitro PDF Pro documents. You can use either the Search window or Command +F to search the PDF body text. You can also include comments in the search, if desired. After searching for a word/phrase, Nitro provides a list of all matching results in the PDF in page order.

The Search feature allows you to easily find a specific word, phrase, or number in a PDF document.

To find text in a document:

1. Click the Find button, or press Command + F.

2. A panel will open and a search box will appear. Type in a word or phrase that you would like to locate and click Show Results.

Additional Options:

Replace: Searches for key terms and replaces it with a string of text.

Redact: Searches the document for key terms, and redacts the content. You have the option to choose from leaving a black box on redacted information, or remove it and leaving the space blank.

Highlight: Searches for key terms and applies a highlights to the results.

Additional resources:

Want to know more? Check out the User Guide for more information.

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