Scan & OCR

Keep business moving forward by converting scans or images of documents into searchable, editable PDF files.

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To OCR multiple PDF files, try using the Action Wizard.
  1. Select Scan & OCR from the Tools center or right-hand pane.

    Scan Step 1

  2. Select a file.

    This file could be a photo of a document, or an already scanned file created using a scanner or the Adobe Scan mobile app. Or, you can scan a document to create a new file using a connected scanner.

    Scan Step 2

  3. Choose Scanned Document or Camera Image to enhance the document.

  4. Select Enhance to clean up the image.

    Scan Step 3

    Acrobat automatically recognizes text from scanned documents.

  5. Select Recognize Text to manually recognize text on image files.

    Scan Step 4

The file is now a searchable, editable PDF file.

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This video is part of the course Work smarter with Acrobat DC and Microsoft 365 that is available for free on Experience League!
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