Hi Group,
Using Windows 7 and JAWS 16 with Adobe PDF Reader. I have a question
regarding searching for text within a large PDF document. When I need to
locate a word or text string within a PDF document, the only way to do
this is by using the search dialog box within Adobe Reader by using the
Control+F key combination. Using the JAWS search tool won't work because
it will only find text on the current page. If the search is successful,
Adobe Reader will present the page within the document with the search
text highlighted. I then need to press the Escape key to exit the Adobe
Reader search dialog box. The question now becomes, how do you get JAWS
to locate on that highlighted text? If you just start reading with JAWS,
it will either start at the top of the page or where you were reading
from if you had previously visited that page. I know I can then do a
JAWS search on that page to find that same text but it would be nice if
JAWS would automatically locate itself on that highlighted text so you
could just start reading from there when you escaped from the Adobe
search tool.
For another potential work around, is there some function within JAWS
scripting that will locate a highlighted block of text on the current
page? That way, a small script could be written to move JAWS to that
text position with a single keystroke.
Surely others must do this as well and know how to automatically link
the found text to JAWS.
Thanks,
Rob
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