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Can I search for phrases within a scanned document?

ANSWER:  Because text in a scanned document is stored as a bitmapped image within the PDF document, searching for phrases within scanned documents will not work unless the scanned document has been processed with OCR (optical character recognition) software. OCR-scanned images have readable text behind the image that can be searched. The success of a search depends upon the quality of the OCR software.

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Last updated: Friday, February 6, 2009