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Make a scanned PDF searchable

How to do it

A scan is a picture of a page, so you can't search it or copy its text. Make Searchable reads the words on your own PC and hides searchable text underneath. The page looks exactly the same.

  1. Open the scanned PDF.
  2. Right-click a page and choose Make Searchable, or press Ctrl+K and type "make searchable".
  3. Choose the pages and the language, then start it. You can keep reading while it works.
  4. Press Ctrl+S to keep the searchable text in the file.

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