Can I convert a non searchable PDF to searchable?

With optical character recognition (OCR) in Adobe Acrobat, you can extract text and convert scanned documents into editable, searchable PDF files instantly.

How do I make a PDF searchable in Adobe Reader?

Turn paper documents into searchable PDFs In the right hand pane, select the Enhance Scans tool. Select Enhance > Camera Image to bring up the Enhance sub menu. Select the correct option from the Content drop down. Auto Detect is the default and works on most scanned documents.

Why is my PDF file not searchable?

However, when the source of a PDF was an image instead of a typed document, the PDF file does not contain searchable text by default. If the source image had a quality of at least 72 dpi, you can use Adobe Acrobat to transform the PDF using the built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature.

How do I know if my PDF is searchable?

Alternatively, open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat, then select the “Edit” menu > “Select All”. This will select all of the text in the file. If nothing is selected, there is no text and the file isn’t searchable.

Why is my PDF not searchable?

How do you search a PDF in revu?

Searching PDFs

1. Go to View > Tabs > Search or press either ALT+1 or CTRL+F to show the Search tab.
2. Select Text.
3. Enter the desired search term in the Text field.
4. Select the document(s) or location you would like to search from the Search In menu.
5. Select the desired search options from those available under Options.

How can you tell if a PDF is OCR?

If the text is in there as an image, it cannot be searched. Text can be searched only if it is present really as text. OCR is how you add an additional text layer to a PDF that contains the words as an image. Thus, a file that has been OCR-ed will contain words, and one that hasn’t will not.