Convert regular PDF into searchable PDF

[CodyLouis]

How do I convert a regular (non-searchable) PDF into a searchable PDF?

[try67]

Run the Text Recognition command on it.

[CodyLouis]

Hello,

Thanks for this reply.  Could you or someone else post instructions as to how run the Text Recognition command on a document?

Craig

[Test Screen Name]

The instructions are different depending on which version of Acrobat you pay for. Please let us know your version of Acrobat, and whether it is Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Standard. (If you have only the free Acrobat Reader, you cannot do this).

[Tanvi Bhalla]

Hello Craig,

Please take a look at the link below which has the instructions on running OCR(Text Recognition) in Acrobat DC:-

Edit scanned PDFs, Adobe Acrobat DC

For Acrobat XI and earlier, please take a look at the link below:-

https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/products/acrobat/pdfs/adobe-acrobat-xi-scan-paper-to-pdf-...

Hope this helps!

Thanks,

Tanvi

[gkaiseril]

As noted each version of Acrobat may have a slightly different location for the selectable commands. You should be able to find more information for a specific version by opening "Help full version" and searching for "OCR" or "text recognition".