How to make a searchable PDF from an AutoCAD DWG file

We have PDF files created from AutoCAD, but they are not searchable using Adobe Reader X. I checked the source DWG file to find what font was used, as suggested in an old post, and found that the DWG uses Arial font. I am not sure what version of AutoCAD was used to create the file, but I can open it with AutoCAD LT 2011. Can anyone guide me to a way to make searchable PDF files from these DWG files?

Ok, this is as I feared; something CAD programs are particularly likely to do is draw text with a pen, rather than use text. There might be options in AutoCAD to control this.

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