11.2.1 for Windows

Foxit PDF Editor
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location box:
A. Match exact word or phrase: Search for instances that match the entire word
or phrase (including the spaces) you specified in the text search box.
B. Match any of the words: Search for any instances that match at least one of
the words.
C. Looks like search pattern: Search for patterns like phone number, social
security number, or email address in the PDF file. This option is not available
when you search PDF indexes.
D. Match All of the words: Search for any instances that match at least one of the
words, but not necessarily in the order you type the words. If the document
does not contain all of the words you type, no matched results will be found.
This option is available only for searching a full-text PDF index.
4. For text search, input the word you would like to search in “What word or phrase
would you like to search for” box. For pattern search, select the pattern you want
to search from the Select your pattern dropdown list, and choose the specific
county and region from the Country/Region dropdown list.
5. (Optional) Check any of the following options to specify the additional search
criteria, if needed.
a) To limit the search to match only whole words, check Whole Words Only. For
example, if you search for the word Read, the word Reader will not be found.
This criterion is only available for text search.
b) To make the search case-sensitive, check Case-Sensitive. For example, if you
search for the word text, the words Text and TEXT will not be found. This
criterion is only available for text search.
c) To search words in comments, please check Include Comments.
d) To search words in bookmarks, please check Include Bookmarks. This
criterion is only available for text search.
e) To search words in attachments, please check Include Attachments.
f) To search for two or more words that are separated by no more than a
specified number of words specified in the Search preferences, please check
Proximity. This option is available in index search when Match All of the
words is selected.
g) To find instances that contain the stem of the specified search word, please
check Stemming. For example, if you search for “opening” with Stemming
option checked, instances of “open”, “opened”, “opens”, and “opening” will be
found. This criterion applies to text search and index search, and is not
available if either Whole Words Only or Case-Sensitive is selected.
h) To highlight all the text search results, please check Highlight All Text.
i) To limit search in order to match criteria such as document properties and
metadata, check the option in Use these additional criteria group, and