I have scoured the web to see if I can find a solution to this, and so far have not found a viable solution. We need to create graphics in Illustrator, save them as high-res .png files and place them in Microsoft Word. Sometimes those Word files need to be submitted as .pdf files with all text and images searchable. When running the OCR in Acrobat, it is not consistent with recognizing text in all images.

I have tried placing the .pdf file of the image as an object in Microsoft Word, but for some reason on the PC version of Word, it renders horribly (this does not happen on the Mac).

I have supplied a screenshot of the OCR in Acrobat, as well as my PDF file for example.

The only thing that has worked is bringing the PDF file into InDesign, placing it, re-placing the .ai images, re-exporting the PDF and then OCR'ing, but some of these documents are 200 pages long, with multiple authors working in them, so this is not a very feasible option.

Any advice?

The fact that the Apple OS Preview program can OCR and read all the text in the image is a tad infuriating, this should work correctly in Acrobat.