Search a scanned PDF in an iPhone Files Scan Documents scan
Make Ctrl+F work on scanned pages. This works on the PDF iPhone Files Scan Documents saved.
How to do it
- 1.Open OCR PDF.
- 2.Add the scanned PDF.
- 3.Download it and search with Ctrl+F or ⌘F.
How iPhone Files Scan Documents scans
- • Scan Documents in the Files app saves straight to a PDF in iCloud Drive or on the phone.
- • Phone scanners photograph the page, straighten and crop it, and save the image into a PDF.
- • Photos carry perspective, uneven light and JPEG compression, and some apps add a hidden OCR text layer.
- • Camera foreshortening is fitted as a horizontal scale on each line, and the paper grain around the word is kept, so the new word sits in the photo like the old one.
Questions people ask
+Why does search find nothing now?
A scan is a picture of text. OCR adds the words as invisible text so search can find them.
+Do I need to convert the scan to Word first?
No. MythosPDF edits the scanned page itself. There is no conversion, so the page keeps its look.
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