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OCR PDF on Mac

Performing OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on Mac using PDFelement allows you to convert scanned or image-based PDFs into editable and searchable documents. To learn how to perform OCR on a scanned PDF on Mac with PDFelement, read the steps provided next:

Step 1. Start by launching the tool on your device and clicking the "OCR PDF" option from the homepage. Next, import the scanned document from your device's storage and select the language in the following small window. Now, choose the page range and hit the "Apply" button to execute the process.

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Step 2. Once the file is converted to an editable or searchable document, a dialogue box with a success message will appear. Click the "Open" button to access the converted file within the PDFelement interface.

Convert to editable PDF