How to Scan and OCR Concurrently
If you have a scanner available and Adobe Acrobat, you can scan and use the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) process at the same time. OCR converts your scanned image into editable text. Here’s how:
- Open Acrobat and go to File > Create PDF > From Scanner
- Select your scanner from the Scanner dropdown menu
- Under Text Recognition check the box for Make Searchable
- Click Options and for PDF Output Style choose Formatted Text and Graphics. This will give you the most flexibility later.
- Click OK and then Scan. Now your new PDF is searchable and editable.
