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3481G
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February 1, 2016
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When I select Recognize Text, the image quality degrades.

  • February 1, 2016
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How can I get it to not change?  Using Windows 7 Professional and Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.  This also happens at home when I'm using Windows 10 and Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

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Correct answer YatharthS

Hi 3481g ,

Would request you you to check whether the software is up to date or not after going through 'Help > Check for updates'. If any update is available please install them.

If the documents are scanned,this may happened.This is totally depending on dpi value while running the OCR(recognize text).

Suggest you to change the 'dpi' settings to more increase value after going to the settings option.

Regards,

Yatharth

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clehene
New Participant
March 4, 2018

YatharthS​ thank you. Perhaps you could also add a note about where and how to change the DPI setting?

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YatharthSCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
February 2, 2016

Hi 3481g ,

Would request you you to check whether the software is up to date or not after going through 'Help > Check for updates'. If any update is available please install them.

If the documents are scanned,this may happened.This is totally depending on dpi value while running the OCR(recognize text).

Suggest you to change the 'dpi' settings to more increase value after going to the settings option.

Regards,

Yatharth

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3481GAuthor
New Participant
February 2, 2016

I will NOT install updates because I don't want it to download DC.  The notes for DC state a document cannot be moved in a PDF Portfolio (unlike prior versions, including XI).  It is critical that documents be able to be moved around in PDF Portfolio.  As a side note, it numbs my mind that Adobe would remove a feature like this in its latest release of Acrobat.  Thus, the Adobe Help Desk assisted me a couple of weeks ago in returning my home computer to the latest version of Adobe Acrobat XI Pro – like the version I have at my office.

The vast majority of documents are not scanned that I’m attempting to have OCR’d.  If I’ve got an email (Gmail), Excel document, Word document, or web pages, I routinely print it to Adobe.  I can’t recall having a problem with documents that are scanned degrading, but it happens with some frequency with emails and web pages.

Samarth_Gupta
Adobe Employee
Samarth_Gupta
Adobe Employee
February 3, 2016

Hi 3481G‌,

You are trying to run OCR on the PDF documents created using Adobe PDF Printer. In case you do not want the quality of the document to degrade, do the following:

  • When you get the "Recognize Text" dialog, click on "Edit" Button
  • In the "Recognize Text Settings", select PDF Output Style to "Searchable Image (Exact)" instead of "Searchable Image"
  • Click OK and run OCR now.

I hope this works for you!

Regards,

Samarth

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