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ynmymos
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January 13, 2015
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How to make a scanned PDF file searchable? I bought an Adobe service which I thought allowed me to do this

  • January 13, 2015
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How to make a scanned PDF file searchable? I bought an Adobe service which I thought allowed me to do this, but I do not see any instructions how to do it.

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    pwillener
    pwillener
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    January 14, 2015

    If you just want to change the scanned PDF to have searchable text, then you need Adobe Acrobat and perform character recognition (OCR).

    Anubha Goel
    Anubha Goel
    Participating Frequently
    January 14, 2015

    Hi,


    When using Adobe ExportPDF online service, it will run OCR itself when converting any PDF to other file format.

    It also depends upon the quality of the scanned document, so it might be possible that it does not make the file searchable.


    Regards,

    Anubha

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