How to turn off automatic OCR when editing a scanned document?
I want turn off automatic OCR when I go to edit a scan. Really slowing my project down having to revert to image on every page when all I need to do is rotate pages on the old documents I'm working on.
With the latest release, we have added a checkbox that will turn off the automatic OCR.
1. Open any scanned pdf.
2. Go to Edit PDF.
3. Wait for OCR to complete.
4. On the right hand pane, uncheck the “Recognize text” option. (Alternatively, if you see a button ‘Revert to Image’, click on it).
This will turn off the auto-OCR feature. Now, Acrobat will not run OCR automatically. Acrobat remembers this setting so that you do not have to uncheck it again.
Let us know if this helps.
For more information about this, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/edit-scanned-pdfs.html
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Anonymous commented
I scan some intensive handwritten documents that I DO NOT need OCRed but I am forced to wait for OCR to start and finish before I can tell it to revert to image FOR EACH PAGE! This is a drain on my time and it's ridiculous that this is not optional and something we can turn off until we actually want/need it.
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Lovekesh garg commented
Please let us know the exact workflow you are using where Acrobat running OCR.
If you are opening Edit PDF tool where Acrobat runs OCR, you can change a setting.
1. Open-File in Acrobat and Go to Tools> "Edit PDF"
2. If it runs OCR by default, Go to RHP (window on right side of PDF)
3. There will be a link "Revert to Image" under "Scanned Document" section
4. Click on this link. It will undo OCR. And now this preference remains sticky. You need not to do these steps again and again. You can also change this preference again whenever you want, by clicking the new link available there "Convert to text".If this is not the workflow please share the steps.
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Rhett commented
I've turned off "accessibility" feature controls that I can find in preferences with no effect. For Acrobat to even be usable I need it to not help me a bit on recognizing text or reading order or anything else.
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Lovekesh garg commented
Once you click on "revert to image" option, it remains sticky. Now onwards you don't need to click it again and again.
You can revert the settings again when you want.
Thanks.