Articles from Free PDF to Word Blog How to Convert Scanned PDF in Mac OS X/Windows 2012-04-09 10:04:51 Summer
Have an array of scanned PDF file and want to convert them to editable documents, like MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel for further editing, or to EPUB for reading? It seems it is difficult to convert scanned PDF. But you can do it easily and quickly if you follow the steps below. In the following, we’re going to talk about how to convert scanned PDF in Mac OS X and Windows. A PDF converter is indispensable in converting PDF file. Here in this article, I strongly recommend Wondershare PDF Converter Pro. I recommend it to you, because : 1. Built-in OCR feature to convert scanned PDF accurately. To digitalize text on PDFs, OCR technology is the first factor you should take into consider. There are many PDF converters on the market. But seldom of them has the OCR feature. Only with OCR, you’ll successfully convert scanned PDF to editable documents. 2. Converts scanned PDF to MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and EPUB with the original PDF layout and formatting greatly preserved. And also the hyperlinks, graphics and images are all retained. 3. Automatically converts to the Micrsoft Office documents that the Microsoft Suites on your computer will support. Never worry about the version of Microsoft Suites you’ve installed on your computer. Wondershare PDF Converter Pro will automatically detect the version and convert scanned PDF to the corresponding Word, PowerPoint presentation files and Excel spreadsheets.
Steps of converting scanned PDF by using Wondershare PDF Converter Pro:
1. Click the download button to download Wondershare PDF Converter Pro. 2. Import scanned PDFs and perform OCR. In Mac OS X Lion, drag and drop PDF files to the PDF Converter Pro and tick the option “Convert scanned PDF documents with OCR” right under the bottom of the main interface. And then go to PDF Converter Pro>Preference, under the OCR tab, select the OCR recognition language. In Windows, click the Add files button to upload scanned PDF files. There is an OCR sliding button on the lower part of the main interface. Slide the button to the right to enable the OCR feature. Click the Options…button to set OCR recognition language. 3. Select the output format. In Mac OS X, click the PDF item to set for the output format. In Windows, click the output icon on the top of the main interface to set output format. 4. Click the Convert button to finish converting scanned PDF.
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