How to Create a Search in Adobe Forms

Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) is the standard the company created to use for documents. To open, read and search pdfs, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader downloaded onto your computer (see Resource). It is easy and fast to search a PDF form for a word or phrase.

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  Open the Adobe file. This process will be different depending on where you get the file. If it is a web file, you can open it by double-clicking the link. If it is saved on your computer, you can go to the "Start" menu and then open Adobe Reader and then go to "File." Next, go to "Open" and choose the file you want to open.

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  Press "Control" and "F" at the same time.

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  Enter the word you want to search for in the dialog box.

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  Continue to press "Enter" to find each instance of the word.