[pdftex] Searching for german umlaute in pdf

[Christoph Bier]

Michael Bierkandt schrieb am 04.11.2005 10:08:

> Hi all,
> 
> I guess this is really a FAQ but unfortunately I cannot reach the FAQ at
> http://www.tug.org/applications/pdftex/pdfTeX-FAQ-scr.pdf and in the manual
> I was not able to find a solution.
> 
> I typeset a german text and I am using german umlauts. Searching my pdf with
> Acrobat Reader 7.0 I am not able to discover words containg umlauts (ö ü ö
> etc.), although if I copy and paste a word into a plain text editor the
> umlaut is copied correctly.
> 
> I am using pdfeTeX Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 and MikTex 2.4.1461
> 
> Beside I use KoMascript and the following:
> \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> 
> Is somebody able to point me to the right documentation or tell me a
> solution? That would be great!

As you are a german user I point you to the german FAQ: 9.2.5 Warum
werden mit der Suchfunktion des Programms `Acrobat Reader' keine
Worte gefunden, die Umlaute enthalten?

Regards,
    Christoph
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