Make PDF searchable

Use this PDF creator online to make PDF documents searchable. Create searchable PDF online & for free.

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How to make a PDF searchable?

Upload your scanned PDF.
Choose the language of your PDF from the dropdown menu for a better result. (optional)
Click on "Start" and let us do the rest.

Turning a scanned PDF – an invoice, receipt, contract – into a searchable PDF (also known as a "Hybrid PDF") has many advantages. All and foremost, as the name suggests, it makes a PDF searchable. That way, you can search for numbers and keywords in the scan by simply using the search function of your PDF reader.