Scanned docs can't use select tool - can't copy text

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Scanned docs can't use select tool - can't copy text

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When I scan using the PDF X-change I find that the select tool will not work. I can not copy any text that appears on the scanned pages. Is there something I am missing.
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Re: Scanned docs can't use select tool - can't copy text

Post by Tracker Supp-Stefan »

Hello jsjag1990,

When you scan a page - the result is an image that is passed to our products, and they take this image and create a PDF Page from it. While you can read it - text and images are different for computers - and that's why you can't select any text on a freshly created PDF from your scanner.

The solution is to use our OCR tool (Available in the latest builds of our Viewer) - which will try to "read" the image and recognize it as text- and will add an invisible layer in your file which layer will be selectable and you will be able to copy and paste text from it or highlight it if needed.

Best,
Stefan
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