On newest iPad, no way to find Pages file using text from the file itself

I have no issue finding the word noumena or noumena in a Pages v14.4 document on iOS 18.6. You probably didn't, but quotes should not be part of a Spotlight search.

I have three Pages documents with the word noumena in each. Noumena is underlined in the first document and not underlined in the subsequent two.

I have the following in Settings > Search:

• Show Recent searches - on
• Show Related Content - off
• Help Apple Improve Search - on
• Pages >
  • Show App in Search - on
  • Show Content in Search - on

First:

Chauku wrote:

Thank you for running a test, I appreciate that very much.

It would explain why "unnecessary" (without quotes) specifically is not being found

I did not include the quotes either in the search or in the Pages document. I simply used them in my response to you.

Next:

Could that have anything to do with the fact that Pages deleted changes I made to the document a couple of days ago

Assuming you never turned on “Change Tracking” in your Pages document, Pages does not remember change tracking or versions. Files does remember versions, so you might hold down the document icon in Files and choose “Versions” for additional information.

Might you have some other issue affecting versions, such as storing the file in iCloud with insufficient iCloud storage?

Finally:

searching for "for", Spotlight lists results from other apps first, and when I tap on "Show in App" it will finally show Pages results - but not the file I'm looking for (the one where "unnecessary" is also present.)

This works for me … but admittedly the app that appears is Files, not Pages.

Here’s what I found:

• I created two separate Pages documents
  • Document 1 contains “unnecessary”
  • Document 2 contains “unnecessary”
• I use Spotlight to search for “unnecessary”
• Only Document 2 is shown!