Make a scanned PDF searchable in a Google Slides PDF
Add an invisible text layer to scanned pages so you can search and copy them. This works on the PDF Google Slides exported, so you do not need the original file.
How to do it
- 1.Open the PDF exported from Google Slides in MythosPDF.
- 2.Add the scanned PDF.
- 3.Download the searchable PDF.
How Google Slides writes PDFs
- • Each slide becomes a page.
- • Google Fonts are embedded as subsets.
- • Text boxes are placed independently.
What that means when you make a scanned PDF searchable
- • Slide text uses open Google Fonts, so any new letter matches exactly.
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 Google Slides?
If you have the original Google Slides 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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