undo recognize text

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undo recognize text

I have run "recognize text" on some files. Is there a way to undo this? (I just love working with lawyers)
Thanks.

John Palmer 1284 days ago

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If the OCR output is from Searchable Image or Searchable Image Exact then Acrobat Pro can remove it.

For Acrobat X:
Tools > Protection > Remove Hidden Information
In the Remove Hidden Information pane click the "Remove" button.
If the tick is present adjacent to the Hidden Text entry then the OCR output is removed.

For Acrobat 9:
Document > Examine Document
In the Examine Document pane click the "Remove" button.
If the tick is present adjacent to the Hidden Text entry then the OCR output is removed.

For Acrobat 8:
Document > Examine Document
In the Examine Document dialog click the "Remove all checked items" button.
If the tick is present adjacent to the Hidden Text entry then the OCR output is removed.

Be well...

By David Austin answered 1283 days ago  |   Comments (0)  |  New Comment   |   Report
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Hi John,

No, I don't think there is a way to reverse text recoginition (OCR) unless you have not saved the files yet. It's always a good practice to keep original files intact, and save any editing to another file name so you have the original to go back to if needed.

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.pdfscripting.com
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Dimitri Munkirs answered 1284 days ago  |   Comments (0)  |  New Comment   |   Report
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Would have been surprised if I could. My workaround is to print to pdf.

John Palmer answered 1283 days ago  |   Comments (0)  |  New Comment   |   Report
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Good one Dave! I hadn't thought of doing it that way.

Cheers,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.pdfscripting.com
www.windjack.com

Dimitri Munkirs answered 1283 days ago  |   Comments (0)  |  New Comment   |   Report
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SOLVED!! Super simple workaround I used for Acrobat X Pro.

1) File / Save as / Image / JPEG
2) Close Acrobat
3) Open Acrobat (NOTE: DO NOT "Create PDF"
4) Instead, DRAG all the JPGs created in step 1 into the PDF window
5) Select YES when asked if you want all the images in one file.

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veliko bekir answered 1157 days ago  |   Comments (0)  |  New Comment   |   Report
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I forgot to mention in my post that my method worked but the other suggested method of "Remove Hidden Information" (which was also suggested on several other forums), did not work for me. So rather than waste my time trying to determine WHY that didn't work, I came up with the workaround. Childish, yes. but it will work for you if all you care about is getting the job accomplished and the other method did not work for you either. :-)

veliko bekir answered 1157 days ago  |   Comments (0)  |  New Comment   |   Report
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