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From: bobg.hahc
Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 19:39

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running acrobat reader v8; but I've had this problem with ALL versions
since 6.
I've had this problem on win98, win2k, and winXP.

This is a common occurrence - it happens frequently.

I try to do a text search on a PDF, and the search simply NEVER
FINISHES!!!
This is extremely frustrating. When this happens I usually open the
PDF under acrobat reader v5, and i can search OK. I'm tired of doing
this.

as an example - this document:
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/partners/netapp_esx_best_practices_whitepaper.pdf

if I try running a search, the search goes to page 10 of 41, and
simply hangs. it NEVER recovers, or shows me any hits. I'm really
curious to know how a simple search can get so screwed up....

Failing that -
I'm beginning to think that maybe there's a third party PDF reader,
that doesn't have so much "bloat" in it, that might work better - or -
simply work.  Does anyone know what one of these might be?

TIA - Bob

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