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how so I convert a pdf to word seachable pdf format

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Feb 14, 2017 Feb 14, 2017

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how to conver a scanned pdf file to word searchable pdf

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  1. Open the file in Adobe Acrobat
  2. Go to View>Tools>Recognize Text>In This File”. Adobe will start to process OCR on the document.

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  1. Go to File>Save As>PDF.
  2. Open the PDF again and you will find the PDF can be searched now.

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