[OS X TeX] Searching the PDF?

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote:

> Hi list people!
> 
> Is there any way I can search the PDF output in TeXShop? I use an external editor and have TeXShop set up as my viewer. If I use CMD-F, I get the search box, but it doesn't look like it's searching the PDF.
> 
> Adam
> 
> PS Searching the TeX on OSX list archive for posts about searching in TeXShop, the first hit was one of my own posts, not about the same issue. So I guess no one has posted about this before.
> 
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> Adam M. Goldstein PhD, MSLIS

Howdy,

It would be nice if that worked but...

Toggle open the ``Drawer'' (the little ``picture'' icon on the preview window's toolbar) and use the find field there.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)