How to access "Recognize text" function conveniently

[morganw4118444]

Hello,

I am using Acrobat Pro DC on a Macbook.  I receive batches of several PDFs at once via email and must always OCR one or two of them.  Most of the time I can simply right click in the body of the document and select "Recognize Text".  However, sometimes this command doesn't appear in the contextual menu.  Since I am unable to locate any part of the interface that actually contains this command, my only choice is to use the "Search tools" function and partially type the name of the command.  This is very inconvenient and I would like to either know some place the command can be accessed directly or some method of placing it in a "quick access" bar or some other interface element that would let me access this feature without having to search for it—preferably without having to navigate through multiple menu levels.

I am aware that there may be an option to OCR all documents automatically by default, but this would not be useful to me.

[gary_sc · Accepted solution]

Hi Morgan,

Great question. The way to do this is to select the "Enhance Scans" icon from the right hand side and then, select the Recognize Text dropdown from the toolbar from the top.

If you look at my screenshot, you'll see that I've place a Aa option on the right side of my upper toolbar (just to the left of the Share button. This gives me access directly bypassing the need to even go into the Enhance Scan tool. I did this by right clicking in that section of the toolbar (continue below)

as seen below and select Customize Quick Tools...

Now select the Enhance Scans section and select which of the Text Recognition options you want. The click the little plus icon on the right side, this will place the tool in the top toolbar, close and save and you're done.

Please let me know if this is what you wanted.

[morganw4118444]

Thanks Gary, that's just what I need!