I have a large docx file with highlighted text. When the file is converted to PDF, is there a way to search for originally-Word-highlighted text?

Am using Adobe Acrobat X Pro and want to be able to search within the Pro version (not install a Reader just for this purpose).

Update

Let's try this again. I want to find text based on the HIGHLIGHT attribute. If it's not highlighted, then it's not of interest.

If the text was highlighted with Acrobat, then you can instruct Acrobat to find highlighted text. But if it was highlighted in Word then converted to PDF, then--as best I can tell--Acrobat will not "see" the highlighting.

So, how do you make the highlighting visible to Acrobat so that Acrobat can search it?

1 Answer

I know for sure in the Google Chrome PDF reader upon pressing F3 it will bring up a dialog where you can search for words. Not sure about Adobe Acrobat but I can check it now.

EDIT:
Press Ctrl + F and search for the text in the highlighted text and click "Next". If the string exists in the PDF, it should bring you to the highlighted text or the word(s) you entered. If it does not bring you to the highlighted text the first time, press "Next" again until you find the Highlighted Text in the document.