Have you ever wondered how you can edit text inside a
scan to PDF file when the original file
isn't obtainable? With Acrobat 9, you can use the Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) feature to convert to PDF a scanned document into a searchable, editable,
high-resolution PDF file. Then, you could use the Touch-up tool to edit your
OCR PDF file.
How to edit a scanned PDF File
1. Launch Adobe Acrobat Skilled.
2.Open the scanned PDF copy with the document you need to edit.
3.Click on the "Document" drop-down menu, choose "OCR Text Recognition" and opt for "Recognize Text Employing OCR." This step allows the software to recognize the text inside the scanned document in order to permit for its editing.
How to edit a scanned PDF File
1. Launch Adobe Acrobat Skilled.
2.Open the scanned PDF copy with the document you need to edit.
3.Click on the "Document" drop-down menu, choose "OCR Text Recognition" and opt for "Recognize Text Employing OCR." This step allows the software to recognize the text inside the scanned document in order to permit for its editing.
4.Select
the page or pages you want the system to scan for recognizable text utilizing
the "Current page" or "From page" possibilities on the
Recognize Text window.
5.Click "OK" when you are prepared to begin the text recognition course of action. Depending on the size of your document or the quantity of pages you selected, the course of action could take a minute or much more.
6.Click the "Tools" drop-down menu, choose "Advanced Editing" and pick "TouchUp Text Tool."
7.Using the cursor, highlight the portion on the text you intend to edit.
8.Sort the new text, or delete the existing text. The "TouchUp Text" tool will replace text but won't wrap and adjust any with the current text and text that you just add. It'll add text moving for the appropriate and off in the page.
9.Conserve the changes to your document, or save it as a brand new document for those who need to have to preserve the original scanned document.
If you need to have to edit a large portion of your text, select and copy all of the text inside the document after applying the OCR Text Recognition function. Paste it in to a word processing plan, for instance Microsoft Word, and edit the text. You may then print a new copy from the updated document to PDF.
5.Click "OK" when you are prepared to begin the text recognition course of action. Depending on the size of your document or the quantity of pages you selected, the course of action could take a minute or much more.
6.Click the "Tools" drop-down menu, choose "Advanced Editing" and pick "TouchUp Text Tool."
7.Using the cursor, highlight the portion on the text you intend to edit.
8.Sort the new text, or delete the existing text. The "TouchUp Text" tool will replace text but won't wrap and adjust any with the current text and text that you just add. It'll add text moving for the appropriate and off in the page.
9.Conserve the changes to your document, or save it as a brand new document for those who need to have to preserve the original scanned document.
If you need to have to edit a large portion of your text, select and copy all of the text inside the document after applying the OCR Text Recognition function. Paste it in to a word processing plan, for instance Microsoft Word, and edit the text. You may then print a new copy from the updated document to PDF.
