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View OCR with PDF Files on Mac

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) may not ring a bell too many; the acronym OCR has more chances of doing that, but still manages to raise a few eyebrows. However, there are plenty of users that require character recognition software in order to create editable digital copies of physical documents. The scenario is simple: scan a document and then shove the digital result into an OCR program to detect the characters and make the piece editable.

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How to Perform OCR with PDF Files on Mac?

Step 1: Open scanned PDF files

Open a scanned PDF file with PDF Editor Pro for Mac, and there will be a pop-up window asking you if you want to perform OCR to the current file. Just select the right language of your PDF file and click "Perform OCR" button, PDF Editor Pro for Mac will OCR your scanned PDF file and make the text editable and searchable in seconds.

Step 2: Edit and View OCR with PDF Files on Mac

In steps one you can easily perform OCR with PDF files on Mac, and you can also OCR the PDF file later by choosing "Edit > OCR Document" from the top menu.

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