Make PDF searchable

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

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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.

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.

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File Format

PDF

PDF is short for Portable Document Format. PDF documents can contain formatted text, different fonts, hyperlinks, images, and even media such as sounds and videos.

DOCX

DOCX is the file format used by Microsoft Word. Documents created with the program are saved using the .docx file extension.

OCR

OCR is short for Optical Character Recognition. This process is used to recognize the visual representation of text, for example in an image.

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