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July 20, 2017
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Finding Non OCR files

  • July 20, 2017
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I have tens of thouands of PDF files. Some dont have OCR for indexing. How do I find these file quickly ?

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    Correct answer try67

    That's tricky. It's possible to run an Action that checks where a file contains any "real" text in it, and if not outputs its name to a list, but it can't process that many files at once. You will need to either do it in batches or use a more robust application for this type of processing.

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    July 20, 2017

    That's tricky. It's possible to run an Action that checks where a file contains any "real" text in it, and if not outputs its name to a list, but it can't process that many files at once. You will need to either do it in batches or use a more robust application for this type of processing.

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