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Make a scanned PDF searchable for free

Free to use. Upload a scanned or image-based PDF. We recognize the text (OCR) so you can search, select, and copy — like Adobe Acrobat Recognize Text.

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Drop your PDF here or click to choose a file (max 5 MB, max 20 pages)

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Straighten & auto-rotate pages (slower) Fixes skewed or sideways scans. Leave off for faster results on straight pages.

Re-run OCR on every page By default we skip pages that already have text. Turn this on to OCR everything again.

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Compress PDF

Shrink documents so they are easier to email or upload.

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PDF Compatibility

Set the PDF version and optionally enable Fast Web View.

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Readable PDF

Turn scanned PDFs into searchable text with free OCR.

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Compress files to ZIP

Shrink several files and split them into Gmail-sized ZIP parts.

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Word to PDF

Turn Word documents into printable PDFs with the original layout.

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Excel to PDF

Export spreadsheets to PDF, sheet by sheet.

Merge PDF

Join multiple PDFs into one clean document.

Split PDF

Pull out pages or turn each page into its own PDF.

PDF to JPG

Turn PDF pages into JPG images.

PDF to PNG

Turn PDF pages into sharp PNG images.

JPG to PDF

Build a PDF from JPG or PNG images.

Rotate PDF

Rotate pages that are sideways or upside down.

Delete PDF pages

Remove unwanted pages without redoing the whole file.

Unlock PDF

Remove the open password when you already know it.