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How to Enter Text in Scanned PDF

When editing documents with pdfFiller, you can be sure that every word and every number is exactly where it should be. Your documents will be legible, neat and tidy. With pdfFiller, you can enter text in scanned PDF documents and format them online without downloading or installing any software. To get started, upload a PDF to your account. Any PDF document is instantly editable in pdfFiller. In the main toolbar, select the Text button, click where you’d like to place text and begin typing.

To enter text in scanned PDFs online, 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 the text size by using the tree icons above or by selecting from the drop-down list in the formatting toolbar. You can underline, italicize or make text bold in a scanned PDF.

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

To enter text to a scanned PDF document, you don’t have to type, you can simply copy it from any other document. To link text to a web page, click the Hyperlink button.

In the dialog window that will open next, type the URL of the web page, then click Save.

To delete text in a PDF scan, just click the trash can icon in the mini toolbar. When you have finished editing, click the Done button in the top right corner and email, print or save your document. To learn more about how to add text in a scanned PDF document online, please watch the following video:

When you use pdfFiller to enter text in scanned documents in PDFs online, you create legible, professional-looking documents. And even better, you save yourself a lot of time! If you like being able to add text to PDF documents online, you might be interested in a lot of other great features that pdfFiller has to offer. Some of these include creating templates, making copies of documents, converting PDF documents to Word, Excel or PowerPoint formats. Check out these tutorials to see the other great things that pdfFiller can do for you!

How to Enter Text in a Scanned PDF

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To enter text in a PDF scan online, upload your document using pdfFiller's uploader.
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Choose the 'Text' button in the 'Edit' tab and start typing. You can place text by moving the text box.
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You can also add sticky notes, comments or text boxes to any PDF file and add text inside.
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Click the 'Signature' or 'Picture' buttons to sign your document or insert an image.
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To create a fillable PDF document or form, click the 'Add Fillable Fields' tab on the right and add fillable fields for text, signatures, images or more.
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When you're done with typing, click the 'Done' button and email, print or save your document.
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The best way to translate a scanned document PDF accurately and to retain formatting is by using optical character recognition (OCR). OCR will recognize characters in your document and convert them to digital text.
Open PDF. Click “Open File” to open the scanned document to translate. Perform OCR. In case your PDF file is scanned or image-based, you will need to perform OCR. Translate Scanned Document. Now, the scanned PDF file should be editable after performing OCR.
Converting a Scanned PDF. Make sure your scanned document saved as a PDF. Microsoft Word can recognize and convert scanned PDF files into Word documents without requiring any additional software. If your document saved as an image (e.g., a JPG or PNG file), you can use New OCR to convert it instead.
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