OCR a printed document with Create PDF from Scanner

To OCR a paper document during scanning:

  1. On the Home tab, in the Create group, click the PDF button, then From Scanner
  2. In the Create PDF From Scanner dialog, select your scanner, the sheets to scan, image compression, and then specify the destination
  3. Click the Make document searchable checkbox to enable the OCR plugin, and click the Advanced button to set your preferences
  4. Click Scan to launch your default scanning software
  5. Select the scanning mode – color, grayscale, or monochrome/black-and-white, and adjust the scanning contrast
  6. Select Scan to begin the scanning process (some scanner drivers require you to Close the dialog once the scan is complete)
  7. Select the Finish option to end your scanning job, or select the Scan front of sheet two to continue scanning
  8. If you scanned multiple pages, clicking Finish will open the scanned document in Nitro Pro 7

OCR a printed document with Create PDF from Scanner