====== Recognize Text with Acrobat ======

Acrobat can recognize text in scanned documents using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Recognizing text in your PDFs allows you to quickly search them.

  - Right-click your PDF file. Choose //Open With// > //Adobe Acrobat DC//.
  - In the top bar, click //Tools// then type **Recognize**. Choose //Recognize Text// from the results.
  - In the lower part of the //Enhance Scans// toolbar that appears, click the **Recognize Text** button.
  - Wait while the document is searched for text.
  - Go to //File// > //Save// to save the changes to the file.

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====== Recognize Text in Multiple Files ======

If you have a lot of PDFs you can recognize text in all of them at once.

  - Open Adobe Acrobat DC.
  - In the top bar, click //Tools//.
  - In the listing, click //Enhance Scans//.
  - Click //Recognize Text in Multiple Files//.
  - Click //Add Files...// in the top left. Select your files or folder to recognize text in. Click OK.
  - You have the option to replace the original files or to save to a new location.
    - If you want to save the modified files to a new location choose //A Folder on My Computer//.
  - Once you click OK it will start processing the files. It can take a while.

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