Search Text
Find every occurrence of a phrase and optionally download a copy with the matches highlighted.
Drop a PDF here
or click to browse · up to 100 MB each · press U
A text-based PDF
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How it works
- Upload the document.
- Type the word or phrase to find.
- Choose whether capitalisation must match, and whether you want a highlighted copy.
- Run the tool to see matches grouped by page.
What goes in, what comes out
- Accepts
- A text-based PDF
- Produces
- Match results, plus an optional highlighted PDF
- File limit
- 100 MB per file
- Your original
- Never modified — the result is a new file
- Retention
- Removed automatically after 2 hours
When people use it
- Locating a clause in a long contract.
- Checking whether a term appears anywhere before publishing.
- Finding every mention of a name prior to redacting it.
Questions about Search Text
Does the highlighted copy change the document?
It adds highlight annotations over the matches. The text itself is untouched, and the original upload is never modified.
Can it search scanned pages?
No. Searching needs real text. A scan is an image of text, so there is nothing to match until it has been through OCR.
What should I do with the results?
If you are looking for text to remove, Redact Text deletes it permanently. If you want to change it, use Replace Text.
