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Inspiring
April 8, 2024
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Red field over text

  • April 8, 2024
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I was correcting recognised text when I suddenly discovered that there was a red field that had appeared over two words. I cannot find anyway to remove it. I have closed the OCR window and tried right clicking on the area to figure out what it is - with no success. Does anybody know why this happened and how I can remove the it?

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JR Boulay
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 9, 2024

Double click on the "red field" to select, using the Edit tool.

Then delete it.

 

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
Inspiring
April 9, 2024

Thanks!

For some reason this doesn't work for me, the red text has become permanently incorporated in the background....

Here is how to reproduce the issue with the extra red highlight:

  • Recognise text/correct recognised text
  • Click Accept to accept first recognized change (then next word is highlighted in red, with dark red frame – let’s call this word ”X”)
  • Double click on any previously accepted text (i.e. that doesn’t have a red frame)
  • Double click on red field ”X” with red frame
  • The field X now has a permanent extra red hightlight that cannot be removed

 

Meenakshi Negi
Community Manager
Community Manager
April 15, 2024

Hi Chris201Chris,

 

Please refer to the following community post for further updates on this issue: 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/edited-text-after-the-ocr-gets-highlighted/m-p/14544183#M458488.

 

Thanks,

Meenakshi

Nesa Nurani
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 8, 2024

Try to remove it using comment tool.

Inspiring
April 8, 2024

Thanks for your speedy input. Unfortunately I have already tried. Also tried the edit menue (albeit I don't lite the deskewing that is automatically applied), but in none of these is it possible to select and remove the red "highlight"

Nesa Nurani
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 8, 2024

Can you share that file with us, or just that page?