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Sammi_M
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August 31, 2016
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How to OCR (scanned pages to editable text) without bounding boxes

  • August 31, 2016
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When a document is OCR'd, Acrobat DC places paragraphs -- or what appears to be paragraphs -- in each own bounding box. This "feature" prevents me from copying several paragraphs or pages to paste in another application (i.e., email message).  This is not an issue in Acrobat X. Screenshots below.

Is there a way in Acrobat DC to convert scanned page to editable text without bounding boxes or remove the bounding boxes?

Acrobat DC - unable to select beyond bounding boxAcrobat X - able to select multiple paragraphs
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Correct answer Sammi_M

In case anyone else need the answer, it's right-click the document, and select "Select Tool."

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Lovekesh Garg
Adobe Employee
Lovekesh Garg
Adobe Employee
October 5, 2016

Hi Sammi,

This is happening because you are in Edit PDF tool and option selected is also Edit. So we are expecting you are going to change the text. The way you mentioned take it to non editing mode. So you can select more text.

Also you can run OCR with 'Editable Text & Images' without going to Edit PDF and no bounding box will be created.

- Enhance scans> Recognize Text> In this file> Settings(Select 'Editable Text & Images')> Recognize Text

Hope it answers your query.

Thanks.

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GALI30458045v8w7
Participant
June 12, 2023

Thank you. That saves a ton of time.

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Sammi_MAuthorCorrect answer
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September 1, 2016

In case anyone else need the answer, it's right-click the document, and select "Select Tool."

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