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