<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(12,52,61)"><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">Hello there!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">i'd be so grateful for any guidance
on my question :)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">It's this:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">I have the PDF "GNU Image
Manipulation Program: User Manual"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">downloaded to both my Windows
PC, and my iMac OS X v.10.9.5.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">The search function works
perfectly in my PC, using Adobe Reader, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">but—</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">it doesn't work at all in my
Mac, using neither Preview, nor Firefox browser—</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">nor even my newly-acquired
(in<span style> </span>a desperate attempt at the end of a
long frustrating day of<span style> </span>troubleshooting
as best i know how!) Skim PDF reader!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">So strange, huh?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">So then, i tried re-downloading
the "GNU…" PDF to my Mac.— Still no luck.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">Then,<span style> </span>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?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">(And maybe Adobe Reader is extra
powerful in that regard?)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">(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! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">I searched through every one i
tried perfectly, and i tried several, — all except this "GNU" PDF
work fine!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">Unfortunately, when i searched
online for an Adobe Reader download for my Mac, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">it seems that it does not exist
for Mac!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">Okay. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">So<span style> </span>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:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)"><span style> </span>Adobe Acrobat 11.0.8.4 PDF Plug-In For Firefox 11.0.8.—</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">it seemed perhaps a more
functional app than Preview,<span style> </span>or than
the app i now have in Firefox on MAC, which is the built-in </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">Firefox PDF viewer('Free Foxit
Reader').</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">But, alas, my search for that
Adobe Acrobat add-on showed it also unavailable for Macs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">One thing i did find, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">though this might be just out of
my desperation to find anything at all that might be do-able— </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">(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!)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">—is this link:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)"><a href="http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/73/adobe-reader"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/73/adobe-reader</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">(= <b>Adobe Reader</b> for Mac-
Mac Update) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">= at <a href="http://creative.adobe.com/"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">http://creative.adobe.com/</span></a>
.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">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…?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">So please,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">does anyone have any ideas? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">What have i not tried? …or what
am i not understanding?…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,51,102)">Thanks so much,</span></p>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(153,51,102)">Coatli</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(153,51,102)"></span></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></span></div><br></div></div></div>
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