Adobe Acrobat Pro DC uses OCR software to to convert scanned documents into editable/searchable documents. All login computers in Howard-Tilton Memorial Library have Adobe Acrobat Pro DC installed.
Below are instructions for:
- Turning your scanned PDFs to searchable documents while maintaining original image fidelity.
- Creating PDFs from other file formats such as Word docs or JPEG and TIFF image files.
- Converting your PDFs to editable text. You can use this automatic OCR function if you want to manipulate text and images in your document. This function does decrease the number of pixels in your image so it's best to have a backup copy of your original high-quality scan.