how to make your pdf file readable?
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The following instructions apply to making a PDF text-searchable in Adobe Acrobat Professional or Standard: Click on Tools > Text Recognition > In This File. The Recognize Text popup box opens. Select All pages, then click OK.
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PDF files are hard to edit because they aren't meant to be edited! While there are many solutions that enable a user to make changes to a PDF to some degree, they all suffer from weaknesses in one way or another.
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['Open a PDF file that you wish to conform to PDF/A.', 'Choose File> Save As> More Options> PDF/A.', 'The Save As Window appears. – Click the Settings button.', 'The Preflight window appears. (A) Choose PDF/A-1b for Federal Court Filings. ... ', 'Click OK again to save and conform the file.']
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['Open the PDF file to that contains the background you want to update.', 'Choose Tools > Edit PDF. ... ', 'In the secondary toolbar, choose More > Background > Update.', 'Click OK, or make other changes to the background options and then click OK.']
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['Navigate to the folder where the PDF file is stored.', 'Tap on the file.', 'Adobe Reader automatically opens the PDF file on your phone.']
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['Open a PDF file in Acrobat DC.', 'Click the “Export PDF” tool in the right pane.', 'Choose Microsoft Word as your export format and then choose “Word Document.”', 'Click “Export.” If your PDF contains scanned text, the Acrobat Word converter will run text recognition automatically.']
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['Choose Advanced > Print Production > Preflight.', 'Click the triangle to open the list of PDF Fixups.', 'Select the Convert to grayscale fixup.', 'Click the Execute button.', 'Save the converted file.']
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['Go to File > Open.', 'Find the PDF, and open it (you might have to select Browse and find the PDF in a folder).', "Word tells you that it's going to make a copy of the PDF and convert its contents into a format that Word can display. The original PDF won't be changed at all. Select OK."]
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['Open Acrobat: Click on the “Tools” tab and select “Prepare Form.”', 'Select a file or scan a document: Acrobat will automatically analyze your document and add form fields.', 'Add new form fields: Use the top toolbar and adjust the layout using tools in the right pane.', 'Save your fillable PDF:']
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However, when the source of a PDF was an image instead of a typed document, the PDF file does not contain searchable text by default. If the source image had a quality of at least 72 dpi, you can use Adobe Acrobat to transform the PDF using the built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature.
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['Go to Page Settings (the top option on the bar on the right-hand side of the editor).', 'Choose Size > Custom.', 'Enter in your dimensions to change the document size.', 'Ctrl+D > PDF to download your PDF.']
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If your PDF file is protected with a permission password, then click the "Enable Editing" option in the blue notice bar to unlock PDF for printing. And then you can go to the "File" tab and select the "Print" option, and set the print settings according to your requirements.
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['Ensure that Adobe Reader is installed on the computer.', 'In Chrome, go to the “Menu” icon, then choose “Settings“.', 'Scroll to the bottom and select “Advanced“.', 'In the “Privacy and Security” section, select “Site Settings“.', 'Scroll down and select “PDF documents“.']
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Hey shubus, We would certainly help you. Open the PDF in Acrobat DC and choose "Print Production > Preflight" and choose Convert to grayscale under Convert Colors category.
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['Open Acrobat: Click the “Tools” tab and select “Prepare Form.”', 'Select a file or scan a document: Acrobat will automatically analyse your document and add form fields.', 'Add new form fields: Use the top toolbar and adjust the layout using tools in the right pane.', 'Save your fillable PDF:']
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Click on Print Production and then click on Preflight. Choose PDF fixups. You will see Convert to grayscale about 7th on the list. Click on it and voila!
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['Open a PDF file in Acrobat DC.', 'Click on the “Export PDF” tool in the right pane.', 'Choose Microsoft Word as your export format, and then choose “Word Document.”', 'Click “Export.” If your PDF contains scanned text, the Acrobat Word converter will run text recognition automatically.']