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pjm235
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February 4, 2020
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Making multiple subfolders with pdfs OCR

  • February 4, 2020
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Hi, 

 

I'm attempting to make multiple PDFs searchable via OCR. These files are within mutiple subfolders. 

 

Is there a way that I can click on the main folder, which contains the subfolders and thus the files, and tell adobe I'd like this section made searchable? 

 

I know you can click on of the subfolders and then have adobe run OCR on those but is there a faster way to automate this process? 

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Correct answer try67

Hi, 

 

I think I might be getting confused but here's an example of what I'm trying to to do. 

 

So there's the parent folder and within the parent folder there are two sub folders (pictured below). The subfolders contain several pdf documents. I want to run adobe to pull the all documents from the two subfolders at once instead of indiviually selecting each subfolder and then telling adobe to OCR them.  

 

When I currently attempt to make mutliple files OCRs my current process  tools -> select scans and ocr -> select mutiple files -> select only one folder -> hit ok  and then repeat for as many subfolders as required. Is there way to automate this process by selecting all subfolders of the parent folder? 

 


Yes, using an Action, as was mentioned before. You must have Acrobat Pro, though.

You'll find it under Tools - Action Wizard. Create a new Action, add to it a "Recognize Text using OCR" command and then a Save command, and change the Files to be Processed option to "Add Folder", save it and then click on it under the Action Wizard panel. You'll be prompted to select a folder. Select the parent folder and all the files in it, and in all of its sub-folders (recursively) will be processed in this way.

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Bernd Alheit
Bernd Alheit
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February 4, 2020

You can use the Action Wizard in Acrobat Pro.

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pjm235Author
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February 4, 2020

Hi, 

 

Can you provide a guide or some information on how to complete this action. I've browsed the forums however when I select the folder to try to complete this action adobe won't pull (if that's the correct word) the files from the sub folders. 

try67
try67Correct answer
Community Expert
February 4, 2020

Hi, 

 

I think I might be getting confused but here's an example of what I'm trying to to do. 

 

So there's the parent folder and within the parent folder there are two sub folders (pictured below). The subfolders contain several pdf documents. I want to run adobe to pull the all documents from the two subfolders at once instead of indiviually selecting each subfolder and then telling adobe to OCR them.  

 

When I currently attempt to make mutliple files OCRs my current process  tools -> select scans and ocr -> select mutiple files -> select only one folder -> hit ok  and then repeat for as many subfolders as required. Is there way to automate this process by selecting all subfolders of the parent folder? 

 


Yes, using an Action, as was mentioned before. You must have Acrobat Pro, though.

You'll find it under Tools - Action Wizard. Create a new Action, add to it a "Recognize Text using OCR" command and then a Save command, and change the Files to be Processed option to "Add Folder", save it and then click on it under the Action Wizard panel. You'll be prompted to select a folder. Select the parent folder and all the files in it, and in all of its sub-folders (recursively) will be processed in this way.

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