Solved by PDF OCR
Enable text search across scanned PDF documents by converting scanned images into searchable text. This helps your team quickly find information in stored PDFs without manually opening and reviewing each file.
This feature makes scanned, image-based PDFs searchable by extracting text content from documents that are not text-enabled. It supports teams that rely on stored PDFs but cannot currently search within them due to the files being scans. Once enabled, users can run keyword searches across PDFs and locate relevant documents faster. The goal is to reduce time spent manually browsing pages to find a name, date, invoice number, or clause. This is especially useful for teams managing archives of scanned contracts, receipts, signed forms, or legacy documents. It improves knowledge retrieval by allowing consistent search behavior across both native digital PDFs and scanned PDFs. It also helps standardize document handling so that newly added scanned files can be found the same way as other files. The feature is intended for search and discovery workflows rather than changing how users view or edit the original PDFs. Overall, it increases productivity and reduces missed information by making previously “unsearchable” scans accessible through search.
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