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andy_9847
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January 30, 2025
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PDF created using Adobe Paper Capture Plug-in is searchable text. Why?

  • January 30, 2025
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I have a PDF whose properties say it was produced by "Adobe Acrobat 9.3 Paper Capture Plug-in".  (The PDF version is "1.7, Adobe Extension Level 8 (Acrobat X)".  As I understand it, the paper capture plug-in generates a bit-map which can't be searched (quote from the plug-in help: "The resulting file is a PDF Image Only file—that is, a bitmap picture of the pages that can be viewed in Acrobat but not searched."

 

However, I am able to extract text from this PDF without using OCR.  So what is going on?

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Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 4, 2025

In Acrobat DC I can see this:

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    andy_9847Author
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    March 4, 2025

    Hi Bernd.  Thanks for your post.  I think I misunderstood what the plug-in does!  Andy

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    Tariq Dar
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    March 4, 2025

    Hi @andy_9847, 

     

    Thanks for reaching out with your question. 

    Are you a developer? Have you created the file? Let us know which application you used to open the PDF file so you can copy the text. 


    If you are a developer, you may contact the Developer Support program: https://adobe.ly/4hboAse

     

    If your purpose is to secure the PDF, you can use Acrobat to restrict PDF: https://adobe.ly/4iqFELN;

     

     

     


    ~Tariq

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    andy_9847Author
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    March 4, 2025

    Hi Tariq.  I'm sorry but I don't see how your questions relate to my post.  Could you please explain what you are getting at?  Thanks, Andy

    kglad
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    kgladCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 30, 2025

    in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

    p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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