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July 22, 2020
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I have a problem with OCR, help.

  • July 22, 2020
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I have problems with the OCR of the application, sometimes images are created inside the paper I am working on. there are times when the images on a paper are "pasted". there are times when the texts move. OCR sometimes does't detect some images, iam using Adobe Acrobat PRO DC 18.9.20044. help, i need to modify my PDF's.

Correct answer gary_sc

OK, there's a couple of things going on there.

 

1) For one thing I'm not completely sure if your computer is fully compatible with this release of Acrobat. Forgive me but I'm a Mac guy and look at https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/system-requirements.html, I'm not fully educated on which release means what. I'll have to let you decide that.

 

2) mixed image and text is always a bear for any OCR to work with/on. 

 

3) what do you mean that the "and I am not doing any kind of scan before editing the pdf, normally it is done automatically." Where are these PDFs coming from? It looks like you are trying to work off of images from the internet. If so, that's going to almost be a non-starter from the get go because of the very low resolution of web based imagery. 

 

4) Also, it seems that you are trying to do image & text editing from the PDF. It also seems that the editing you are trying to do is as if you were using a document program like Word or InDesign. That's not what Acrobat was designed to do. While you can do bits here and there of editing (like change the date or spell correct someone's name), the wholesale movement of images is just not what it was designed to do.

 

Can you please let me know a bit more of where these documents came from and what you are trying to do? I fear that you cannot do what you hope to do here. The best route is to find the original documents and work with them in the original application.

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Participant
January 14, 2025

I can't get out of Wi-Fi 

gary_sc
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Community Expert
January 14, 2025

If you have a specific problem related to Acrobat, please let us help you. 

 

For wifi issues, please contact your hardware companies.

gary_sc
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Community Expert
July 22, 2020

Hi Emetoys,

 

What OS are you using and what release?

How are you creating your PDFs (what scanner, what scanning software are you using for that software and what release). When I ask how are you creating, I mean are you pushing the "scan" button or are you doing any adjustment prior to the scan?

 

Can you share a screenshot of what you are talking about?

 

Thanks

EMETOYSAuthor
Participant
July 22, 2020

Hi Gary 

my operating system is windows 7 professional, and I am not doing any kind of scan before editing the pdf, normally it is done automatically.

 

This is currently my problem, in the paper where I am editing (images, texts) sometimes the OCR transforms all the separated images into one, causing me to not be able to edit the other images in particular. I would like to learn how to solve it. Thanks.

(where it says "this is an image" on the paper are all the images together)

 

This happens when i want to move an image. (Before the four mirror images were separated, now the OCR put them together)

 

it's as if OCR isn't doing things right.

Thanks

gary_sc
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July 22, 2020

OK, there's a couple of things going on there.

 

1) For one thing I'm not completely sure if your computer is fully compatible with this release of Acrobat. Forgive me but I'm a Mac guy and look at https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/system-requirements.html, I'm not fully educated on which release means what. I'll have to let you decide that.

 

2) mixed image and text is always a bear for any OCR to work with/on. 

 

3) what do you mean that the "and I am not doing any kind of scan before editing the pdf, normally it is done automatically." Where are these PDFs coming from? It looks like you are trying to work off of images from the internet. If so, that's going to almost be a non-starter from the get go because of the very low resolution of web based imagery. 

 

4) Also, it seems that you are trying to do image & text editing from the PDF. It also seems that the editing you are trying to do is as if you were using a document program like Word or InDesign. That's not what Acrobat was designed to do. While you can do bits here and there of editing (like change the date or spell correct someone's name), the wholesale movement of images is just not what it was designed to do.

 

Can you please let me know a bit more of where these documents came from and what you are trying to do? I fear that you cannot do what you hope to do here. The best route is to find the original documents and work with them in the original application.