Turning a scanned PDF – an invoice, receipt, contract – into a searchable PDF (also known as a "Hybrid PDF") has many advantages. All and foremost, as the name suggests, it makes a PDF searchable. That way, you can search for numbers and keywords in the scan by simply using the search function of your PDF reader.

Convert non-selectable PDF files into selectable and searchable PDF with high accuracy. OCR your PDF to get text from scanned documents. Simply upload your PDF and recognize text automatically. Make your PDF searchable and selectable, for free.

To make a PDF searchable using Adobe Acrobat, you can follow these steps: Open Adobe Acrobat on your computer. Click Open. Find and select the document you want to make searchable, then click Open. Head to Tools and select Recognize Text. Press PDF Output Style Searchable Image. Select OK.

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Our PDF OCR converter turns scanned documents into editable, searchable text. Access key details from contracts, receipts, and image-based files with ease. Fully integrated with other PDF Guru features, this tool lets you edit, merge, and sign documents seamlessly — all in one place.