topic pdf file is not searchable in New SAS User

pdf file is not searchable

Nehemiah — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 11:52:17 GMT

Hi All

Please find the attached pdf output generated by SAS Studio version 3.6 and the code used is given below.

data one;
set sashelp.cars (keep= Model Type Origin);
run;

ods pdf file= "xxx/test.pdf" ;
proc print data=one;
run;

ods pdf close;

the problem i faced was the pdf generated was not searchable .so please give a solution to this problem.

thanks in advance.

Regards,

Nehemiah

Cynthia_sas — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:03:12 GMT

Hi:

That is not what I observe. When I run your code, in SAS 9.4M5, the PDF file that I get is searchable using the Ctrl+F function in Acrobat Reader:

1) looking for string RS 6 string is found on obs 21

2) looking for string Park Avenue string is found on obs 54

As you can see, in both searches, the string I was looking for was found and the first instance highlighted.

Cynthia

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:14:50 GMT

What @Cynthia_sas said is also true for Foxit Reader, my preferred pdf viewer.