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It's the way the PDF was created, which was probably on a Windows PC using something other than Adobe Acrobat.

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>   1.  cannot search "GNU Image Manipulation Program: User Manual"
>      on mac? help please! (Zariah Art)
>   2. Re:  cannot search "GNU Image Manipulation Program: User
>      Manual" on mac? help please! (Marco Ciampa)
>   3. Re:  cannot search "GNU Image Manipulation Program: User
>      Manual" on mac? help please! (Marco Ciampa)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 00:56:39 -1000
> From: Zariah Art <z@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: gimp-docs-list@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  cannot search "GNU Image Manipulation Program:
>    User Manual" on mac? help please!
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> Hello there!
> 
> i'd be so grateful for any guidance on my question :)
> 
> 
> It's this:
> 
> I have the PDF "GNU Image Manipulation Program: User Manual"
> 
> downloaded to both my Windows PC, and my iMac OS X v.10.9.5.
> 
> The search function works perfectly in my PC, using Adobe Reader,
> 
> but?
> 
> it doesn't work at all in my Mac, using neither Preview, nor Firefox
> browser?
> 
> nor even my newly-acquired (in  a desperate attempt at the end of a long
> frustrating day of  troubleshooting as best i know how!) Skim PDF reader!
> 
> So strange, huh?
> 
> 
> So then, i tried re-downloading the "GNU?" PDF to my Mac.? Still no luck.
> 
> Then,  i thought, well maybe it's the reader? perhaps there's some quirk in
> this "GNU" PDF, that makes MOST readers unable to recognize all its text as
> a fully searchable component?
> 
> (And maybe Adobe Reader is extra powerful in that regard?)
> 
> 
> (I tried then double-checking, to be sure that i could use the search
> function on my Mac in other PDFs, and yes i can!
> 
> I searched through every one i tried perfectly, and i tried several, ? all
> except this "GNU" PDF work fine!
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, when i searched online for an Adobe Reader download for my
> Mac,
> 
> it seems that it does not exist for Mac!
> 
> Okay.
> 
> 
> So  i thought, maybe the reason i couldn't make at least my Firefox search
> in this "GNU" PDF in my MAC, is due to the add-on which i have only for
> Windows not for mac:
> 
> Adobe Acrobat 11.0.8.4 PDF Plug-In For Firefox 11.0.8.?
> 
> it seemed perhaps a more functional app than Preview,  or than the app i
> now have in Firefox on MAC, which is the built-in
> 
> Firefox PDF viewer('Free Foxit Reader').
> 
> But, alas, my search for that Adobe Acrobat add-on showed it also
> unavailable for Macs.
> 
> 
> One thing i did find,
> 
> though this might be just out of my desperation to find anything at all
> that might be do-able?
> 
> (since this "GNU" PDF is crucial for me, as i depend upon the GIMP program
> it pertains to and have had no success in installing the contextual help
> itself! (how i wish i could!) and without being able to search this PDF, i
> am hopelessly lost!)
> 
> ?is this link:
> 
> http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/73/adobe-reader
> 
> (= *Adobe Reader* for Mac- Mac Update)
> 
> = at http://creative.adobe.com/ .
> 
> But it seems to me to be probably only an "update" to something that maybe
> was available at one time, as i cannot find an actual Adobe Reader app for
> Mac??
> 
> 
> So please,
> 
> does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> What have i not tried? ?or what am i not understanding??
> 
> Thanks so much,
> Coatli
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 12:53:12 +0200
> From: Marco Ciampa <ciampix@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: gimp-docs-list@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  cannot search "GNU Image Manipulation
>    Program: User Manual" on mac? help please!
> Message-ID: <20150411105312.GA4934@ciampix-A532>
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>> On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 12:56:39AM -1000, Zariah Art wrote:
>> So please,
>> 
>> does anyone have any ideas?
>> 
>> What have i not tried? ?or what am i not understanding??
>> 
>> Thanks so much,
>> Coatli
> 
> Where did you get the manual? How many pages?
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> Marco Ciampa
> 
> I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it.
> 
> +------------------------+
> | GNU/Linux User  #78271 |
> | FSFE fellow       #364 |
> +------------------------+
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 12:59:57 +0200
> From: Marco Ciampa <ciampix@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: gimp-docs-list@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  cannot search "GNU Image Manipulation
>    Program: User Manual" on mac? help please!
> Message-ID: <20150411105957.GA5406@ciampix-A532>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
> 
>> On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 12:53:12PM +0200, Marco Ciampa wrote:
>>> On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 12:56:39AM -1000, Zariah Art wrote:
>>> So please,
>>> 
>>> does anyone have any ideas?
>>> 
>>> What have i not tried? ?or what am i not understanding??
>>> 
>>> Thanks so much,
>>> Coatli
>> 
>> Where did you get the manual? How many pages?
> 
> Have you tried this:
> 
> http://gimp.linux.it/www/meta/gimp-en.pdf
> 
> ??
> 
> --
> 
> 
> Marco Ciampa
> 
> I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it.
> 
> +------------------------+
> | GNU/Linux User  #78271 |
> | FSFE fellow       #364 |
> +------------------------+
> 
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