Make a scanned PDF searchable in a QuickBooks PDF
Add an invisible text layer to scanned pages so you can search and copy them. This works on the PDF QuickBooks exported, so you do not need the original file.
How to do it
- 1.Open the PDF exported from QuickBooks in MythosPDF.
- 2.Add the scanned PDF.
- 3.Download the searchable PDF.
How QuickBooks writes PDFs
- • Invoices and estimates are generated from templates.
- • Amounts are right aligned in columns.
What that means when you make a scanned PDF searchable
- • Line items and amounts edit in place with column alignment kept. Totals are not recalculated.
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 QuickBooks?
If you have the original QuickBooks 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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