Finding ligature text in PDF when produced from InDesign CS4

When searching the PDF, some words are not found. If I search the word "final", I find 19 occurences of the word "finally", but none whatsoever of "final". The word "final" is only found if I search for "fi nal" with a space between the "i" and "n". I previously suspected a ligature problem. Please provide me a solution and it will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Sathishkumar K

I'll repeat what we (Adobe) have advised users about since release 1.0 of InDesign.
The print function of InDesign is exactly what it claims to be. In the case of printing to PostScript printers, InDesign and the underlying Adobe graphics subsystems generate PostScript that is optimized for direct and efficient printing without any consideration whatsoever for any other purpose such as creation of PDF via distillation of PostScript.
The PDF export function generates PDF directly without any intermediate PostScript. This allows PDF to be created that retains live transparency, color management, layers, and accessibility if desired or specified. Such PDF is also generated in a manner such that it may be properly searched in Reader or Acrobat via inclusion of information that compensates for common ligatures and the actual encoding of the text and fonts in the PDF file; this is not possible with PDF generated by distillation of PostScript produced from InDesign because simply stated, such capabilities are not possible with PostScript! By the way, the inclusion of such information and support for PDF functionality one normally expects to find in Reader or Acrobat (including searchability, object metadata, etc.) is one of the major reasons why PDF files created by PDF export (and save as PDF in Illustrator) are larger than those brain-dead PDF files created by distillation of PostScript.
- Dov

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