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July 13, 2017
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I need to turn off Automatic OCR in PDF Edit - There's a reference to the "right pane" and selecting "Revert to Image," but I can't get to that in the 'right pane.' Please help!

  • July 13, 2017
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AUTOMATIC OCR is TERRIBLE, at least for me - I use Adobe Acrobat DC Pro every day to prepare legal exhibits and other documents for law practice.  When the latest update to Acrobat DC Pro loaded a few months ago, selecting "Edit PDF" results in an AUTOMATIC attempt to convert the document to editable text.   I don't want this!    There are instructions available from Adobe that describe a "right pane" (presumably the pane with all of the tools on the right hand side of the screen), but there is no way to click on, right or left mouse button, and get to the selection "Revert to Image," which turns off Automatic OCR.

Please help!

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    Correct answer Mamoru34840063fv1q

    I had the same issue with automatic OCR. I have Acrobat Pro version 2024.004.20272 64 bit.

    I found a way to turn it off.
    Edit>(Cogwheel)>uncheck "Recognize scanned text"

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    Elvic
    Participant
    February 18, 2024

    This auto OCR feature is rediculous. The app is so complicated - I wasted several hours already and still can't get how to input a background image and prevent it from being OCRed. 

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    Mamoru34840063fv1qCorrect answer
    Participant
    November 27, 2024

    I had the same issue with automatic OCR. I have Acrobat Pro version 2024.004.20272 64 bit.

    I found a way to turn it off.
    Edit>(Cogwheel)>uncheck "Recognize scanned text"

    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 17, 2022

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
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      allisonj10192588
      Participant
      November 16, 2022

      soo annoying. i had the same issues you mentioned in all of your streams.  nice that ADOBE does this. NOT!

        Bernd Alheit
        Community Expert
        Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        July 14, 2017

        Try the menu View > Show/Hide > Tools Pane

        jfarbstein@dgflaw.com
        jfarbstein@dgflaw.comAuthor
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        July 14, 2017

        Bernd, that's still not working - although I turned the right pane on, it still won't allow me to get the menu described in the Acrobat DC documentation, to select "Revert to Image."  I really need to do at least a chat with Adobe.

        Lovekesh Garg
        Adobe Employee
        Lovekesh Garg
        Adobe Employee
        December 18, 2017

        Adobe Acrobat DC (It says "PRO" when we run the program, but that's not in the "name" under "About."


        Please update Acrobat to the latest version. Go to Help > Check for Updates

        Uncheck the option "Recognize text" will disable OCR. Please go through the Edit scanned PDFs, turn off automatic OCR, Adobe Acrobat for more details.

        Thanks.

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