Adobe Reader: Missing Advanced Search Options

I am using Adobe Reader XI (probably Standard) and trying to perform regular expression searches. When I go to Advanced Search (Ctrl-Shift-F) and click "Show More Options" I would expect to see the following options in the "Return results containing:" drop-down list:
Match Exact Word or Phrase
Match Any of the Words
Match All of the Words
Boolean Query
The only two that appear are "Match Exact Word or Phrase" and "Match Any of the Words." The remaining two are not in the list. Without "Boolean Query" I cannot perform regular expression searches which is very helpful in filtering irrelevant results, especially in documents thousands of pages long.
Where are the other options?

Well, thanks.
Thought I had tried that, but went back and found it. So, Adobe assumes the only time I want/can/should perform a regular expression search is only when searching through and entire directory, and that there's no reason I should expect to do the same within a current document.
IMHO, that is utterly ridiculous.

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Subject:[Adobe Reader for Android] Adobe Reader for mobile search result is INCORRECT.
Adobe Reader for mobile search result is INCORRECT.
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