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This article aims at showing you how to batch OCR scanned PDF to Word with the application EEPDF PDF to Word OCR Converter.

This OCR application can not only convert common PDF to editable Word, but also can transfer the contents from scanned PDF documents to Word files in batches. The built-in OCR technology supports to recognize English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

You may wonder what OCR is? OCR is the abbreviation of Optical Character Recognition, which is the electronic conversion of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed texts into machine-encoded texts so that they can be electronically searched, stored, etc. It’s widely in machine translation, text mining, text-to-speech, etc.

After reading the introduction of OCR, let’s see how to use EEPDF PDF to Word OCR Converter to convert several scanned PDF documents to Word in the following contents.

Firstly, please click the following button to download the free trial version of this application and then install it on the computer.

After open the application, you can add the scanned PDF documents into the application by drag and drop operations. Or click the Add PDF File (s) button at bottom of the interface to open file picker window in which you are able to add PDF documents.

Thirdly, according to language of scanned PDF documents, you need to choose a proper OCR option in the drop-down list of “Output Options”. Then, please select all the added PDF files by pressing Shift button on your keyboard, and at the same time clicking the first and last PDF file in the processing file list. Please see it in the following snapshot.

You can also set the output format in the “Output Formats” group box and set page range in the “Page Range” group box.

Lastly, please click the Convert button at bottom of interface. Then, when the “Browse for Folder” window comes out, please click the OK button to convert the scanned PDF documents to Word.

Several seconds later, you can see the target files in the specified location.

Note: The trial version of this application can only convert the first two PDF pages to Word. You can enjoy the full version after you buy EEPDF PDF to Word OCR Converter.

If you need to convert specified pages of scanned PDF to Word document, you can have a try of the OCR application - EEPDF PDF to Word OCR Converter which is able to convert PDF to editable Word with OCR technology.

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is the mechanical or electronic conversion of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is a common method of digitizing printed texts so that they can be electronically searched, stored more compactly, displayed on-line, and used in machine translation, text-to-speech and text mining.

Now, let’s get down to how to save specified pages of scanned PDF document to Word file.

Step 1. Download and install

Please feel free to download EEPDF PDF to Word OCR Converter to your computer. After the download, please double click the installer of this app and follow the setup wizard to install it on the computer.

Step 2. Add PDF

After launch the app, please add the scanned PDF document by clicking the Add PDF File (s) button at bottom of the interface to open file picker window in which you can choose PDF documents. Of course, you can directly drag the scanned PDF file and drop it to the application.

Step 3. Set OCR option and output format

In order to make the scanned PDF file editable in Word, you need to select a right OCR option in the drop-down list of “Output Options” according to language of scanned PDF file.

In "Output Formats" group box, you are able to set the output format as DOC or RTF (Rich Text Format) format.

Step 4. Set page range

Please check the radio button of "Select Range" to activate the "From" and "To"edit boxes. Then, you can input the start page number in "From" edit box and end page number in "To" edit box. You can see it in the next snapshot.

Step 5. Convert the scanned PDF to editable Word file

To run the conversion, please click the Convert button at bottom of interface. In the pop-up "Save As" window, you need to set a location and name for the target file, and then please click Save button.

The conversion from scanned PDF to editable Word file will run itself.

To get the full version, please visit order page of EEPDF PDF to Word OCR Converter.

Do you want to edit or copy texts in scanned PDF? If so, you can use EEPDF PDF to Word OCR Converter to help you. It is a powerful application to OCR and copy texts from scanned PDF to Word DOC/RTF document with easy operations.

What’s OCR?

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is a common method to digitize printed texts so that they can be electronically searched, stored more compactly, displayed on-line, and used in machine processes such as machine translation, text-to-speech and text mining.

In the following paragraphs, you will see how to use EEPDF PDF to Word OCR Converter to convert scanned PDF to editable Word document with OCR technology.

1. Please download the free trial version of the application via clicking the following button. Then, please double click the installer and follow the setup wizard to install it on the computer.

2. When you open the application, you can see an easy user interface on your screen. Then, please add the scanned PDF document into the processing file list of the application. This application allows you to add PDF document in the following two ways:

• Click Add PDF File (s) button at bottom of the user interface to open file picker window in which you can choose PDF documents.
• Directly drag PDF document and drop it into the application.

3. In the “Output Options” drop-down list, please choose an appropriate OCR option according to the language in the scanned PDF document. This application supports six languages in OCR PDF files such as English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Please see it in the next snapshot.

If you need to set other options, you can set the output format in the “Output Formats” group box. In the “Page Range” group box, you can choose to convert all PDF pages to Word or convert selected PDF pages to Word.

4. After you set all options, please click the Convert button at bottom of the user interface and the “Save As” window will come out. Please specify an output location and file name for the target file, and then click the Save button to run the conversion from scanned PDF document to Word.

Note: The trial version can only convert the first two pages from PDF file to Word. To eliminate this limitation, please buy the full version of EEPDF PDF to Word OCR Converter.