OCR an existing PDF

To OCR a document:

In Nitro Pro 7, open a PDF document you want to OCR
On the Edit tab, click the OCR button in the Text/Images panel
In the Recognize Text using OCR dialog, specify the text language and page options
In the Output section, choose whether the output text should be editable or just searchable
Should you wish to configure more options, click the Advanced button for further settings
Click OK to commit your settings and proceed with the text recognition
If you selected Editable Text as your output type, you will be prompted to name and save your new PDF document
If you selected Searchable Text Image as your output type, then your current (now searchable) document will remain open

From the navigation tabs (displayed along the left side of the Nitro Pro 7 window), click the Pages tab
Right-click on the required pages in the Pages pane and select OCR Pages… (hold down Control to select many)
In the Recognize Text using OCR dialog, specify the text language and page options
In the Output section, choose whether the output text should be editable or just searchable
Should you wish to configure more options, click the Advanced button for further settings
Click OK to commit your settings and proceed with the text recognition
If you selected Editable Text as your output type, you will be prompted to name and save your new PDF document
If you selected Searchable Text Image as your output type, then your current (now searchable) document will remain open