You can't do this from the spotlight icon in the menu bar. But you can do it with spotlight: • Navigate to the folder in the finder.

• Type your search in the search bar on the top right of the folder. • There is a line above the results that says: Search: This Mac 'Your Folder Name' Click on the name of your folder to restrict the search to the folder instead of the whole computer, which is what the default selection 'This Mac' does. Then click the gear icon, choose show search criteria, and change the kind to text files. Open Finder Navigate to the folder you want to search if you have one.

Open the PDF file into Preview app on a Mac; Using the mouse cursor, select the text you wish to copy and then hit Command+C; Navigate over to Microsoft Office, Word, Pages, or your word processor of choice, and paste with Command+V into the document and save as usual.

Enter the term you want to search in the search bar in the upper right hand corner. You may need to stretch out the window to see it. After you start typing or press enter you'll see a section below the search box to the left that says, Search: This Mac ' Your Folder' Shared If you want to search your whole computer click on 'This Mac'. Otherwise click on the folder name next to it. It may already be selected. To the right side of those options is a 'Save' button with a plus sign next to it.

Click the plus sign. You'll see two drop down lists.

In the first one select 'Kind'. In the second choose 'Any' or 'Text. Choosing 'Any' may find more matches, while 'Text' will find files Mac OS X determines fall under the category 'Text'.

The number of search results will appear at the footer if the footer is shown. FYI I've noticed that sometimes it takes time to do a search and sometimes there is no indication Finder is doing anything. I wouldn't wait too long but if you're searching a small folder it should be very quick.

If searching your Mac it may take up to a minute or more. Nota bene: To find an exact phrase enclose it in quotes.

For a long time, in Safari, on either a Mac or iOS device, we had a URL field and a search field. We were able to use the search field to search for text on a page being viewed. Safari in iOS changes the methodology, and it's made even more confusing by Safari's Favorites Settings. Here's how it works now on any iOS 7 device. Vlc editor for mac 2017.

Best parallels for mac. ___________________________ The first place to look is which explains the new search method, both for the Internet and on the page being viewed. Here's an excerpt from page 46. IPad User Guide for iOS 7 (Credit: Apple) What happens in iOS 7, when you tap the integrated URL/Search bar at the top, is that you're instantly taken to a Favorites page. That shift in context, away from the page you're viewing, is what may cause confusion.

In this example, I am visiting www.macobserver.com, and after tapping the search field, Safari looks like this: My default favorites. How is that Favorites page defined? Apple's User Guide explains: 'Have your favorites top the list. Select them at Settings -> Safari -> Favorites. It does not appear that there is any way to stay on the page being searched because, apparently, with an integrated URL/Search field, Apple has to assume that you're searching the Internet, not the page. In my case, here are my (only) options: Note the caption above.

'Quickly access Favorite bookmarks when you. Search' Just tap on the search field and start typing the search term. For example, even though it isn't being displayed, I'm searching the home page of The Mac Observer for the term 'Gamet.' At the bottom of this list is a gray bar with the notation: 'On this page.' If you tap the search term below, Safari will search for the first occurrence of that term on the page you were viewing. In my example here, it found Jeff Gamet's name highlighted in yellow below. At last, Safari is back to the page you're searching.