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JKA@4153
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October 18, 2017
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OCR for outlined vector text

  • October 18, 2017
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Hi everyone,

I know it's possible in Acrobat Pro DC to OCR scanned text but I have about 400 pages of vector text that has been outlined but can't find a way to convert it to editable text using Acrobat's OCR feature.

I wondered if anyone could tell me if this is possible?

Thanks in advance.

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Correct answer Bernd Alheit

Try this:

  1. export the document as TIFF images
  2. combine the TIFF images in a new document
  3. perform OCR on this new document

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Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
October 18, 2017

Try this:

  1. export the document as TIFF images
  2. combine the TIFF images in a new document
  3. perform OCR on this new document
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JKA@4153Author
Inspiring
October 18, 2017

Thanks for the reply,

Yes I was aware of that workaround but I'd rather keep the text as vector outlines. Can you confirm that there is no other way to do this in Acrobat other than as you described?

Karl Heinz Kremer
Community Expert
Karl Heinz KremerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 18, 2017

There is no other way. You don't have text in your document, it's just some drawing commands that have noting to do with text. In order to run OCR, you need an image and not a vector drawing.

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