Unable to search words in Okular

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Unable to search exact words( not case sensitive ) in pdf in Okular in both X11 as well as Wayland session. Please help

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Works fine on my end. You sure the PDF is text and not images?

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some pdf’s are not searchable - like a photograph
depends on how the pdf was created, with what program and from what source

… example:
you can make a screenshot
and export that .png or .jpeg as a .pdf
it’ll not contain anything that lets you search through what still appears to be text …

There is software which will (try to) scan the image - and extract the text and put it in a .pdf again.
That might work …

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Well that maybe true but when I write in Word document and export it as pdf and again try to search the word via Okular - it is unable to do so

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I tried with a scanned pdf as well as a pdf created from a Word document - In both cases I cannot search the particular Word

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CTRL+F does not search words for you?

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CTRL+F launches the search bar but when I put in my required word it is unable to do so and results in a red highlighted area within the search bar

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That means the word was not found. This approach works for me with a pdf based on text.

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Let me show you my screenshot - from the pdf I made from a word document - notice spelling is matched but Okular cannot highlight it in the pdf

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… specificity :wink:
word document?
which program?
settings to produce/create the document?
from the name it looks like it is a print preview

If you save a word document (with whatever program you use)
as a pdf (or export it as such)
can you usually search through the content?

… you should be able to

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OnlyOfficeDesktopEditors - default supplied from Manjaro KDE Stable.
It is printed as pdf

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print - to a file
(which is usually what is sent to the printer)
might be different than
save as
or
export as
pdf

and then use that resulting file

as in:
the printer gets sent a picture of what to print
pixel by pixel
not the original pdf

It’s speculation on my part - but possible.

Save as pdf.
Can you search through the resulting file?

I do not know or use that program, btw.

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Now that is weird. Save as pdf works and word is highlighted on searching it.

Screenshot_Okular-2
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But why on print as pdf doesn’t work for searching ?

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… of course :wink:
a (saved) print preview is not the same as the content exported and saved as a pdf

it just looks the same

the printer doesn’t care whats in the document - it needs pixel values and where to put them …

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I don’t understand. Can something be done about it so that search functionality is also enabled on printed pdf’s ?

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I just added another sentence.

if that does not help - I can’t think of a way to make it any more clear.
sorry

a print preview is simply a different thing than the original document (pdf or other) which it is created from

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So no way to work around it, I guess

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work around what?

save as pdf
done - it’s searchable

print to file
it’s also labelled as pdf - but not searchable

no work around needed
just save as pdf and use that
?

that is not a work around - that is proper procedure :wink:

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Many many thanks @Nachlese . This was something new for me :slightly_smiling_face:

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anytime :wink:

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