Make a scanned PDF searchable in a Apple Keynote PDF
Add an invisible text layer to scanned pages so you can search and copy them. This works on the PDF Apple Keynote exported, so you do not need the original file.
How to do it
- 1.Open the PDF exported from Apple Keynote in MythosPDF.
- 2.Add the scanned PDF.
- 3.Download the searchable PDF.
How Apple Keynote writes PDFs
- • Each slide becomes a page.
- • Uses the macOS PDF engine with subset fonts.
What that means when you make a scanned PDF searchable
- • Text boxes edit independently. For Apple fonts, new letters come from the PDF itself or, with your permission, a close open font.
What happens to the rest of the page
- • The scan image is kept as it is; the text layer is added on top.
- • Accuracy depends on scan quality.
Questions people ask
+Does OCR change how the page looks?
No. The text layer is invisible.
+Is it better to edit in Apple Keynote?
If you have the original Apple Keynote file and a lot to change, yes. For quick changes to the PDF itself, editing the PDF is faster and keeps it exactly as sent.
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