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Upload a PDF from your device or cloud storage, check the online library for the form you need, or create a document from scratch.
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Edit, annotate, redact, or eSign your PDF online in seconds.
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Share your document, download it in your preferred format, or save it as a template.

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Convert text documents (.docx), spreadsheets (.xlsx), images (.jpeg), and presentations (.pptx) into editable PDFs (.pdf) and vice versa.
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Start with any popular format

You can upload documents in PDF, DOC/DOCX, RTF, JPEG, PNG, and TXT formats and start editing them immediately or convert them to other formats.
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Select the necessary format and download your file to your device or export it to your cloud storage. pdfFiller supports Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, and OneDrive.
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Review the documents you are about to convert and exclude the pages you don’t need. This way, you can compress your files without losing quality.
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Select your document and click Convert .
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Decide on the file type and where you want to save the converted document—on your device or in your cloud storage.
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Manage pages and additional settings

Once everything is set, you can access advanced settings to compress a document by excluding unnecessary pages, set passwords, and select other options.
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How to Convert Scanned PDF

With pdfFiller you can add text, dates and checkmarks to scanned PDF documents and convert them to Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats. To get started, upload a form to your account. Any PDF document is instantly editable in pdfFiller. In the main toolbar, select the ‘Text’, ‘Date’, ‘Cross’, ‘Check’ or ‘Circle’ button and click where you’d like to place text, dates or checkmarks.

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To change the position of your text, date or checkmark, click the arrow icon in the mini toolbar above. While holding down the mouse button, drag the content where you’d like to place it. Change its size by using the tree icons above or selecting from the drop-down list in the formatting toolbar. You can underline, italicize or make your text bold.

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You can also change the font type and text color by choosing them from their respective drop-down lists in the formatting toolbar.

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After you’ve finished editing your document, click on the orange ‘Done’ button at the right top corner of the screen.

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A page offering you to save your document will appear. To convert a scanned PDF to another format, navigate to the ‘Export’ tab and select ‘Save As Word’.

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Next, select the format you want to convert a scanned PDF to, place it where you want to save it and press the orange ‘Save As’ button.

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You can also convert a PDF scan directly from your documents. To do this, select the necessary document in the ‘My Documents’ folder and click the ‘Save As’ button in the menu on the right. Then, the procedure will be the same.

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How to Convert a Scanned PDF?

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To convert a scanned PDF to Word, Excel or PowerPoint, upload your document using pdfFiller's uploader.
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Choose the 'Text' button in the 'Edit' tab and begin typing. You can place text by moving the text box.
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You can also add dates and checkmarks to any scanned PDF file.
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Click the 'Done' button to save your document.
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To convert a PDF document to another format, select ‘Save As Word’ in the ‘Export’ tab.
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Select a format and destination and click the ‘Save As’ button.

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Below is a list of the most common customer questions. If you can’t find an answer to your question, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
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To start, Click on Choose File to select your PDF file. Under Options, Choose the Language of the PDF document. Click on Start which will upload your file and start the OCR process. Start button becomes Download button when the process is finished. Click on Download to start downloading the resulting PDF to your device.
Whatever the reason, the easiest way to create non-searchable PDF files is to use the PDF Image Only file save option with Win2PDF. This will save all text in the document being printed as an image, so that it can't be searched or indexed by search engines.
PDF is a universal format that can contain different types of information. A PDF file can contain graphics, text, or both. A searchable PDF, by contrast, contains actual text that machines can read, rather than an image of the text.
To OCR selective pages in a document: In the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) dialog, choose whether the output text should be Searchable or Searchable and Editable. Click the Options button to select a target page range, and click Advanced to configure OCR preferences. Click OK to recognize the document's text.
You can remove read-only restrictions on a PDF by using Adobe Acrobat. Use these steps to take away the restrictions: Upload your read-only PDF file to Acrobat to edit. If the file is protected, make sure you have the password information, then select Tools > Protect > Encrypt > Remove Security.
How to make a PDF editable with Acrobat. Navigate to the Edit PDFs tool. Click the “Select a file” button to upload your PDF. After the file uploads, sign in with your Adobe account. Use the toolbar to add text, comments, sticky notes, highlights, and more. Download the edited PDF or get a shareable link.
How to convert JPG files and scanned documents to PDF: Open the file in Acrobat. Click on the Enhance Scans tool in the right pane. Choose the file you want to convert: To begin, choose “Select a file” and click “Start.” Edit your PDF: Click on the “Correct Suspects” icon (magnifying glass). Save as new PDF file:
3 steps to convert a scanned PDF to an editable file. Open your scanned PDF file in Acrobat. Choose Tools > Edit PDF. OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is automatically applied to your document, converting it to a fully editable copy of your PDF.
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