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Recognize text OCR

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April 10, 2022
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Hello, I have a pdf version of a powerpoint presentation and im trying to use the recognize text function in acrobat, but it is not working. All I want to do is use the cmd+f search function to search for words in the document, but the OCR function cannot seem to find words that are huge and very clear. They are part of a powerpoint slide, and I'm thinking it may be because the background is black and the text is yellow, but Im not sure. Anyone have any ideas how I can get this to work?

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OCR works best when it's black text on white background.

Power point will let you retain text and fonts using the export function to PDF. Have you tried exporting the document rather than printing it?

That would allow you to keep your text and colors.

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Its not my document so I cant edit the colors or export it with different functions

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Can you provide a screenshot of the page your are having trouble with? There may be an option in the scan & ocr tool that may help.

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Don't use black background.

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I didnt create the pdf, so i cant change it