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Scanning PDFs

As of right now, there are hundreds of scanned documents in D2L that are scanned but not OCRed. This can be easily fixed by following a few steps in Adobe Acrobat DC.

If you open the document in Adobe, go to the toolbar on the right side. Looks like below:

Adobe Acrobat scanning documents toolbar

The green highlighted scanner is what you are looking for. Click on it and a new toolbar will pop up at the top of the document.

Adobe Acrobat scanning top toolbar

Click on Enhance. A new toolbox will appear. Make sure Recognize Text is checked and click on Enhance. Once this is complete, click on the Accessibility Icon and click on Autotag Document. This is a great step to ensuring the document is accessible.

Adobe Acrobat enhance toolbox

If you need any help with this or run into other issues, please email Amie Nephew at ANNephew@NortheastState.edu for assistance.

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