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Feb 14, 2015 6:41 PM UTC
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which product allows text searching?

Which product allows for text searching of a PDF file?

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    pwillener
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    Legend
    Feb 15, 2015 5:33 AM UTC

    Adobe Reader, as long as the document contains actual text.

    If the document is a scanned image, then there is no text per se.  To recognize text in a scanned image you need to perform OCR using Adobe Acrobat.

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    pwillener
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    Legend
    Feb 15, 2015 5:33 AM UTC

    Adobe Reader, as long as the document contains actual text.

    If the document is a scanned image, then there is no text per se.  To recognize text in a scanned image you need to perform OCR using Adobe Acrobat.

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    Participant
    Feb 15, 2015 1:26 PM UTC

    Thank you

    David Swanson

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