As far as I know, almost every PDF application, including Acrobat, has had this capability for many years and it's widely used for the same purposes. In additio

As far as I know, almost every PDF application, including Acrobat, has had this capability for many years and it's widely used for the same purposes. In addition to searching, it also allows you to copy text. Perhaps using Google's service is faster or more accurate, but it would be necessary to have a comparison.