I now see that in RTFs that works fine. I can select the document, hit Command-F and it will find the first example, then every time I hit “Next”, the document will scale down to show me the next find.
BUT … in a PDF, the document does not scroll down. I see now that it was finding the search strings, but the document not scrolling down to show me where it had found them (as it does with RTFs). That’s why I thought it hadn’t found them.
So my newly revised question is: is there a way to get PDFs to scroll automatically to show me where it finds a search string?
There are currently several unforeseen issues caused by fundamental changes Apple introduced in Sierra. We are working on a maintenance release for Sierra now. Thanks for your patience.
(Note: This has been widely discussed on the forums. Don’t forget to search or check the unread posts here. )