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August 13, 2016
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Acrobat DC (Cloud) after OCR I can't see the original image

  • August 13, 2016
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I have thousands of pages of very old documents that were typewritten that I have scanned. I just allowed Acrobat DC to OCR one of them. Now I can only see the file with the OCR'ed text (which is frequently very wrong). I cannot, after two hours of trying, find any way to display the original image. I'm very frustrated. Every google or adobe search for something like (display original image) comes up blank. In earlier (better in my mind) versions of Adobe it was EASY!

Why is this so hard!? Just show me the original image! HOW?????

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Bernd Alheit
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August 13, 2016

What OCR options do you use?

Participating Frequently
August 13, 2016

I simply opened Acrobat Pro DC and clicked the 'edit' tool. OCR ran and now I can find no way to send the OCR to the back and leave the image displaying. Due to the nature of these images the OCR isn't that great so I just want to see the original image. In the Old Acrobat Pro it was simple.

Hawkeye The Video GuyFort Worth, TX
Bernd Alheit
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Community Expert
August 14, 2016

Click on "Revert to Image".