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Simon eF
Simon eF
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January 12, 2022
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"Recognize Text" no longer has a "not text" or "ignore" option?

  • January 12, 2022
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Back in 2010~2012 I had "Adobe Acrobat X Standard" installed on my PC and when doing OCR and 'correcting errors', it was possible to mark some of its OCR attempts as "not text" or similar.  Since that install disk/version doesn't appear to function on Windows 10,  I now have "Acrobat Standard 2017"

Is there an equivalent in this 2017 version? It appears it only offers "accept" and for cases like the one below it's pointless -  it's a dashed line from a diagram! 

I've had other cases where it's interpreted arrows as text.  Is there some hidden option to enable a button or tell it to ignore this one in the future?

 

Thanks

Simon

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Karl Heinz Kremer
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Karl Heinz KremerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 12, 2022

Scanning and OCR changed a lot since the days of Acrobat X. In general, the OCR algorithm has gotten better. With that also came changes to the user interface. As far as I know, there is no "ignore" option anymore. 

    Simon eF
    Simon eFAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    January 12, 2022

    Oh I won't deny that it seems to have improved considerably since I last used it, it's just it's not exactly infallible 🙂

    Simon eF
    Simon eFAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    January 20, 2022

    Which leads me to the follow-on question "Is there any way to request it in an updated version"?

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