PDF PRO User Guide
OCR - Convert to text

Convert current file

4min
run ocr conversion for the current file open your pdf document in the ocr ocr tab, click on current file ocr current file menu selection this will display the pdf pro ocr options menu ❶ ❶ page range select the page or pages you would like to convert ❷ ❷ languages select the language being converted ❸ ❸ recognition mode there are 2 options, searchable text and editable text here is additional information for these 2 options note note searchable text and editable text are not the same process searchable text cannot be edited searchable text note note the file contains searchable text that cannot be edited, and the file size may be larger than usual this option converts the image to searchable text fields it will not permit you to edit the text you can select the text with the text select tool, but the characters cannot be edited to find specific words or phrases, use the search docid\ crg7mcbhe9xzlm8pfe1 y to scan the document for searchable text search a document editable text note note the file contains editable and searchable text and it typically has a smaller file size this option converts the image to editable and searchable text fields the text can be edited, (for more information see this link how to edit a pdf docid\ fza9vid5tljjfzk vgtsq ), but for the best editing results, we recommend converting to word docid 3vuygkwlqgtp7rgwlgh8g especially for large text edits