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PDF export text not searchable

Rosku Lohiniva
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May 14, 2025

Hi! I'm trying to export a Confluence space into a PDF. In general, everything works fine, but the end result is a PDF document in which no word cannot be searched = the text is not "actual text". Only the table of contents can be searched and copied from the file. 

I have exported the space from the Space settings >> Export space >> File Format >> PDF >> Content >> All visible content >> Export space. 

Could anyone help? The document is very long and the lack of search function is a shame. 

Thank you very much in advance!

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Rosku Lohiniva
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May 14, 2025

Solved...! This seems to be a MacOS issue with Preview PDF opener. With Adobe Acrobat Reader the file is fine. 

Kristian Klima
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May 14, 2025

@Rosku Lohiniva 

Various PDF readers render PDFs - and their features - differently, some stuff works better in Preview than in Acrobat Reader :) 

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