diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 387a23d72..5c73073dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Added
 - StartSound and StartSound2 show characterId/class in the tag tree
 - Folder preview for sounds
+- [#2176] Ignoring letter spacing on text search (only applies to global search, not to search inside text)
 
 ### Fixed
 - Debugger - getting children of top level variables
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - [#2175] Removing DefineButtonSound, warning about incorrect sound character type in FLA export
 - [#2175] FLA Export - exporting 320kbps MP3s as 160kbps
 - [#2178] Undo on sprites
+- [#2176] Reset letterspacing on text import
 
 ## [20.1.0] - 2023-12-30
 ### Added
@@ -3363,6 +3365,7 @@ Major version of SWF to XML export changed to 2.
 [alpha 9]: https://github.com/jindrapetrik/jpexs-decompiler/compare/alpha8...alpha9
 [alpha 8]: https://github.com/jindrapetrik/jpexs-decompiler/compare/alpha7...alpha8
 [alpha 7]: https://github.com/jindrapetrik/jpexs-decompiler/releases/tag/alpha7
+[#2176]: https://www.free-decompiler.com/flash/issues/2176
 [#2149]: https://www.free-decompiler.com/flash/issues/2149
 [#2172]: https://www.free-decompiler.com/flash/issues/2172
 [#2174]: https://www.free-decompiler.com/flash/issues/2174
diff --git a/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/tags/base/StaticTextTag.java b/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/tags/base/StaticTextTag.java
index 489edf03f..50c60eddc 100644
--- a/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/tags/base/StaticTextTag.java
+++ b/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/tags/base/StaticTextTag.java
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ public abstract class StaticTextTag extends TextTag {
                         }
                         int advance = getAdvance(fnt, ge.glyphIndex, textHeight, c, nextChar);
                         int delta = ge.glyphAdvance - advance;
-                        if (delta != letterSpacing) {
+                        if (delta != letterSpacing && !ignoreLetterSpacing) {
                             writer.append("[space " + (delta - letterSpacing) + "]");
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/gui/MainPanel.java b/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/gui/MainPanel.java
index 20f3d6a49..c51043562 100644
--- a/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/gui/MainPanel.java
+++ b/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/gui/MainPanel.java
@@ -2973,7 +2973,7 @@ public final class MainPanel extends JPanel implements TreeSelectionListener, Se
 
                 boolean ignoreCase = searchDialog.ignoreCaseCheckBox.isSelected();
                 boolean regexp = searchDialog.regexpCheckBox.isSelected();
-
+                
                 boolean scriptSearch = searchDialog.searchInASRadioButton.isSelected()
                         || searchDialog.searchInPCodeRadioButton.isSelected();
                 if (scriptSearch) {
@@ -3144,7 +3144,7 @@ public final class MainPanel extends JPanel implements TreeSelectionListener, Se
             for (Tag tag : swf.getTags()) {
                 if (tag instanceof TextTag) {
                     TextTag textTag = (TextTag) tag;
-                    if (pat.matcher(textTag.getFormattedText(false).text).find()) {
+                    if (pat.matcher(textTag.getFormattedText(true).text).find()) {
                         found.add(textTag);
                     }
                 }