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Why can't I select, edit, and comment or markup text in my OCR'ed document?

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Adobe Employee ,
Jun 19, 2017 Jun 19, 2017

Answer: Working with converted text requires Acrobat Reader. While you can open and preview your OCR'ed scan in Adobe Scan, you need to install Acrobat Reader and tap Open in Acrobat to work with the text.

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