Take the 2-minute tour ×  I'm searching this PDF (84 pages) for
the word 'software', which appears regularly – but neither
Safari or Preview can find it.  If I search for 'soft' it finds
instances like "VISSOFT', which is right next to the word
'Software' that it doesn't find. I'm interested to know:  Am I
going mad? Is this a replicable problem? (I'm Running on Lion)
What can I do about it?  share|improve this question add comment
1 Answer  up vote 2 down vote accepted  It breaks because the
"ft" in "Software" is embedded as a ligature between the
letters, not as the individual letters. This obviously is a sign
of high quality typography, but the readers don't support it
when searching.  enter image description here  When you select
and copy the word from the PDF, you actually get "So_ware",
which you can then paste into the search field to finally get
your results.  enter image description here  share|improve this
answer Nice... fooled by that beautiful lettering! –  Joe Feb 6
'12 at 10:52 How did you crea