How to Edit Scanned PDF on Windows

hi there it's anna from pdf element again i'd like to thank you for choosing pdf element as your preferred document productivity solution you may often find yourself having to update the contents of a pdf document which may not be available in a digital format pdfelement's optical character recognition technology or ocr turns scanned documents into fully digital documents allowing you to search edit format and resize text and apply advanced editing tools today's video will instruct you on how to edit scanned pdfs on windows let's start by using the open button on the welcome screen to import a scanned or image-based pdf document pdfelement notifies me that it has detected a scanned pdf and recommends that i perform ocr or optical character recognition which enables me to copy edit and search text from scanned documents as you can see the edit button cannot be applied to this document perform ocr ocr is available in over 20 languages in the pop-up window select the appropriate language of your document by applying the corresponding check mark now click ok note that ocr may cause changes to the text and layout of your document wait for the progress bar to fully load then open up your new editable document in pdf element click the edit button on the menu then choose a portion of text and delete the existing text [Music] or type directly into the line change the font type size and color using the options found in the sub menu [Music] you can even reposition text by dragging it around the page you now have a fully editable and searchable copy of the original scanned pdf document you've just completed my demonstration on how ocr or optical character recognition allows you to edit scanned pdf on windows with pdf elements ocr function physical copies of paper and other documents can be digitized and edited join me next time for another tutorial if you found this information helpful click the like button and subscribe to my channel [Music]

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Id: FrzFH-fJrn4

Length: 2min 45sec (165 seconds)

Published: Sun Feb 05 2017