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Please Help. OCR not showing up in drop down menu

chudev
Registered: May 28 2009
Posts: 4
Answered

Ok, I have googled this for an hour. All of the google posts just say to choose the document drop down menu to get to the OCR.
I am using adobe 8.1 and there is no choice for OCR and I can't search for specific words in any of my documents.

I am new to these forums, but please any suggestions would be appreciated. I need to be able to search for specific words.

Thank you in advance for any help.

My Product Information:
Reader 8.1.2, Windows
daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Hi,
You've indicated that you are using Adobe Reader.
No release of Adobe Reader can perform OCR.
Basically, Reader lets you "read"; but, nothing else of significance.
For the Acrobat "features" you must have Acrobat Standard | Professional | Extended.
See the product comparison here:
[url]http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/matrix.html[/url]

Be well...

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chudev
Registered: May 28 2009
Posts: 4
Thank you, I just downloaded the trial version hoping that was the problem. I appreciate the help.