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Creating OCR Compliant PDFs from a file

1. Save the PDF somewhere easy to find (e.g. desktop).

Save the PDF to the desktop

2. Find the article on your desktop or wherever you saved it, click to select it, then right-click and select "Open with > Adobe Acrobat".

 

3. Click "All tools" in the top left to open the list of all Adobe editing tools, then click "Scan & OCR"

4. In that menu section, click on the "In this file" under Recognize Text, then select the appropriate page range and click "Recognize Text".

5. Depending on the size of the file, there may be a loading bar. Either way, when you see your document again, the process is done!

6. Click on the Save icon to embed the changes into the original document, and then close the file.

9. To test OCR functionality, open the document again, then using your keyboard, press/hold the CTRL button, and while holding it press the "F" key. The "Find" window will pop up, and you can then search for any word, and see it highlighted.

The PDF is not OCR compliant and can be read by screen readers.