Search Text in PDF
Find where a term appears and jump to pages.
Search text inside a PDF and get page numbers instantly. Free PDF text finder with context snippets.
Calculator Inputs
About Find in PDF
Find where a term appears and jump to pages.
Extracts selectable text with PDF.js entirely in your browser and reports every page plus context snippets.
Scanned/image PDFs with no text layer will return zero matches.
Where it is used
Contract lookup, invoice auditing, e-book navigation.
How to use the Find in PDF
- PDF File (selectable, extracted locally) — select a file (application/pdf,.pdf) — Text extraction happens in your browser via PDF.js..
- Search Text — enter the value (e.g. invoice number).
- Calculate — press the Calculate button to see the result instantly above.
Formula
Extract per-page text (PDF.js) → indexOf occurrences → group by page.
Examples
Example
query:invoice
Result: p2 ×1, p5 ×2
p2: …invoice #123…
Frequently Asked Questions
- Scanned PDF no matches?
- Yes — OCR is required; that needs image rendering serverside. Runs offline on text-layer PDFs.