Hey. Now that the new macOS is capable of selecting text in images. Is it possible for the Software to turn a scanned pdf into a editable pdf. (The pdf is has 100+pages scanned and I need to underline it)
if it is not possible in the new macOS, is there a app to do it?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.6
You will need an optical character recognition (OCR) application to convert that scanned (image) PDF into a word processing document (e.g. Word), then it is an editable document, when you have edited it, can be exported back to PDF. Apple's Preview application has no OCR feature, so you will need third-party software with OCR functionality. You can search for the word OCR in the Mac App Store and there are several to be found, or…
Alternatively, a purchased PDF Editor such as PDFPenPro 13.1 has a File menu item OCR Files… where you can drag/drop the scanned PDF onto that panel and it will be OCRed for you.
You will need an optical character recognition (OCR) application to convert that scanned (image) PDF into a word processing document (e.g. Word), then it is an editable document, when you have edited it, can be exported back to PDF. Apple's Preview application has no OCR feature, so you will need third-party software with OCR functionality. You can search for the word OCR in the Mac App Store and there are several to be found, or…
Alternatively, a purchased PDF Editor such as PDFPenPro 13.1 has a File menu item OCR Files… where you can drag/drop the scanned PDF onto that panel and it will be OCRed for you.
can i turn a scanned pdf into a editable pdf?
