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sophtex
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November 30, 2014
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Once I convert pdf to WORD, why can’t I edit the WORD document?

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Once i convert PDF to WORD, why can't i edit the WORD document?

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    Anonymous
    December 1, 2014

    Hi sophtex,

    Kindly refer this FAQ:Can't edit converted Word or Excel file

    Please let me know for further assistance.

    Regards,

    Florence

    sophtex
    sophtexAuthor
    Participant
    December 2, 2014

    Thanks Florence,

    But how do I ³If the PDF file was created from a scanned document, make sure

    that OCR (Optical Character Recognition) was enabled when you converted the

    PDF file.² All my conversion requests will come from scanned documents ‹ so

    where do I do this?

    Thanks,

    sophtex

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    Sara_Forsberg
    Inspiring
    December 2, 2014

    Hi sophtex,

    OCR is enabled by default, and can't be disabled if you convert via the ExportPDF website. All you need to do there is make sure that the correct language is selected for text recognition. If you convert via Adobe Reader, you can disable OCR, but that is not recommended for your scanned documents (you won't be able to edit the text).

    As far as editing the text in Word, sometimes it's just a matter of triple-clicking in the text block that you want to edit. Does that work for you?


    Best,

    Sara

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