Make Searchable: a practical guide
Archives often contain a mixture: mostly digital pages with a handful of scans dropped in. The scans are the part that search cannot see. This tool places a text layer over the page images, so the document keeps its appearance and becomes searchable without rebuilding the layout.
Archives often contain a mixture: mostly digital pages with a handful of scans dropped in. The scans are the part that search cannot see. This tool places a text layer over the page images, so the document keeps its appearance and becomes searchable without rebuilding the layout. The source file stays where it is; the searchable copy arrives as a separate download.
How to use it: Choose the PDF containing scanned pages. Then Start the searchable-PDF process. Then Wait for the OCR analysis. Then Download the searchable result..
Enables keyword search in scans. Reconstructs the full document text. Works on complex layouts and tables. Keeps the document design original.
Try the tool
Make PDF Searchable — Make an image-only PDF searchable while keeping its original layout, including files with only a few scanned pages.