Search function not finding words.

We have Adobe Reader 9.2 and I'm having a problem with a specific user when trying to search for words in a pdf. The document was scanned in to our Doc Managment System, other users including myself can search for words no problem, but this user can't. The Adobe version is the same as mine and others, any ideas?

Yep, the user can highlight, and then copy and paste the text to another program.

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