Searching Text/Annotations
This section describes the procedure for searching for strings and annotations in PDF documents/binder documents using Annotation Editor.
Searching from the Search Bar
You can enter a search keyword in the Search Bar to search for strings and annotations in PDF documents/binder documents.
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Note
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The strings of the following annotations are searched:
Text
Text boxes
Leading lines
Text stamps
Date stamps
Text in pop-ups
Strings of a maximum of 256 characters can be searched for. Surrogate pair characters are counted as 2 or more characters.
If the Object Layout Editor redaction edit mode is started from Annotation Editor, you can share the search history and search options.
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1.
Enter the string you want to search for in the Search Bar of the Toolbar.
Or, select a keyword from the keyword list saved in the Search Bar.
2.
Click 
, 
, or press the [Enter] on the keyboard.
, , or press the [Enter] on the keyboard.From the page where the search starts, to search for the previous string or annotation that matches the search conditions, press the following.
Click
Select the [Edit] menu > [Find Previous].
From the page where the search starts, to search for the next string or annotation that matches the search conditions, press the following.
Click
The [Enter] key on the keyboard
[Find Next] in the [Edit] menu
Pages with strings that match the search conditions are displayed and selected. If an annotation was found, it is selected.
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A maximum of 10 keywords can be saved in the Search Bar.
The user name, date modified, and page number of annotations can be searched from the search box in the [Annotation List] tab.
You cannot search by annotation type.
When it takes time to search, a dialog box indicating that a search is being performed is displayed.
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Setting Search Options
You can set the options for the Search Bar.
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Select the [Edit] menu > [Search Options].
Alternatively, click [Search Options] in the list displayed by clicking 
in the Search Bar.
in the Search Bar.The [Search Options] dialog box is displayed.
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Set the search options in the [Search Options] dialog box.
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[Match case]
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Select this to perform case-sensitive searches.
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[Include annotation text]
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Select this to also search annotations.
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Click [OK].
Searching for Annotations in the [Annotation List] List
You can search for annotations in the [Annotation List] in the Navigation Pane.
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Annotation search targets are taken from annotations shown in the [Annotation List] tab, and so the following text becomes search targets:
The user names, date modified, and page numbers of each annotation.
Text/text boxes/leading lines/text stamps/date stamps/text in pop-ups
You cannot search by annotation type.
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Click the [Annotation List] tab in the Navigation Pane.
Or, select the [View] menu > [Navigation Pane] > [Annotation List].
Display the navigation pane if it is not displayed.
The [Annotation List] list is displayed.
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By default, the [Page] list is displayed in the navigation pane.
The [Annotation List] list shows information on the attached annotations in page order. Annotations on the same page are displayed with those closest to the top left of the page first (from the top left to the top right, then from the bottom left to the bottom right). The order of the annotations is updated when the annotations are moved.
If the page has been rotated, annotations on the same page are displayed with those closest to the top left of the page first.
When selecting annotations from the [Annotation List], annotations in the work pane are selected. However, if you select an annotation from a page other than the one currently selected, the work pane switches to the page where the selected annotation is located.
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2.
Enter the string to search for in the search box of the [Annotation List] list.
Only annotations that meet the search conditions are displayed in the list.
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Note
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By clicking
 in the search box, the search text is cleared and all annotations are displayed in the list.The search string is not case-sensitive. Spaces are also treated as single characters.
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