OCR a printed document with Create PDF from Scanner
To OCR a paper document during scanning:
- On the Home tab, in the Create group, click the PDF button, then From Scanner
- In the Create PDF From Scanner dialog, select your scanner, the sheets to scan, image compression, and then specify the destination
- Click the Make document searchable checkbox to enable the OCR plugin, and click the Advanced button to set your preferences
- Click Scan to launch your default scanning software
- Select the scanning mode - color, grayscale, or monochrome/black-and-white, and adjust the scanning contrast
- Select Scan to begin the scanning process (some scanner drivers require you to Close the dialog once the scan is complete)
- Select the Finish option to end your scanning job, or select the Scan front of sheet two to continue scanning
- If you scanned multiple pages, clicking Finish will open the scanned document in Nitro Pro 7